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Playhouse is winnable You could win the kid’s playhouse parked in front of Loepps Furniture. All you have to do is purchase a ticket inside the store for a drawing to be held sometime during the Junior Rodeo scheduled for the R... — Updated 6/6/2015

Here is the agenda for the meeting coming up Friday night, June 5 at 6 p.m.... — Updated 6/4/2015

Jason and Kristen Fulfer of Elmer City are proud to announce the birth of their son Jason Thomas Fulfer, born Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz., and was 20 inches in... — Updated 6/3/2015

Benjamin and Ashley Garza of Coulee City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Isabella Danielle Garza born Friday, May 22, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was 22 inches... — Updated 6/3/2015

Wed., June 3– Dinner Roast Chicken w/Stuffing & Gravy, Green Beans & Onions, Fruit Slices, Cheesecake. Thurs., June 4 – Dinner Meat Loaf, Cheesy Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Fruited Jello, Brownies. Fri., June 5 – Breakfast Sausa... — Updated 6/3/2015

The Arbor Day Foundation is offering a handy tree-care booklet designed to help people plant and care for trees. Anyone can receive Conservation Trees, a user-friendly booklet featuring illustrations, colorful photos, and easily... — Updated 6/3/2015

1 years ago The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken nearly 400 sediment samples at the bottom of Lake Roosevelt from the U.S. border to Grand Coulee Dam. The sampling showed heavy concentrates of slag and... — Updated 6/3/2015

Chamber at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, June 3, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Jim Keene, Mary Jane Bailey and Dave Schmidt will be speaking on the old Pro... — Updated 6/3/2015

If you were asked to describe a “navigable waterway” in the U.S., you would most likely not think of the stream in your backyard or the irrigation ditch in your field. You would probably mention the Columbia and Mississippi riv... — Updated 6/3/2015

Why are there fewer butterflies, lady bugs, small to large bees, praying mantis, etc., etc. Are we the cause? Is it because the spray used to kill one insect is killing them all? Even the butterflies and humming birds are nearly... — Updated 6/3/2015

Do you ever wonder how all those shopping carts outside a store find their way back inside for the next customer to use? Kind of an amazing process when you think about it. Some shopper leaves the cart to aimlessly fend for... — Updated 6/3/2015

I see that the Grand Coulee City Council has once again blocked legal cannabis (marijuana) businesses in our city, and has once again cited federal law as their basis for said decision (or lack thereof). The official position of... — Updated 6/3/2015

As commander of American Legion Post 157, in Electric City, I want to publicly thank our communities and all of the veterans who made our annual Memorial Day breakfast such a success! From this one breakfast, we gathered enough... — Updated 6/3/2015

The Ridge Riders have completed another year of successful events for all us to enjoy. A big thank you to the entire membership for their hard work. I would especially like to thank the young adults who organized the Memorial Bull... — Updated 6/3/2015

Port District 7 commissioners selected their engineering firm from among five presenters at a special meeting Monday. Selected was T-O Engineers, from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, rated number one through a series of criteria approved b... — Updated 6/3/2015

The school board learned how students referred to the “Opportunity Room” get a new lease on life, at their meeting Monday night. Tami Nichols, who short circuits students referred to the program because of their activities, had put... — Updated 6/3/2015

Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson received an “Award of Merit” from the North Central Washington Educational Service District for his administrative leadership. Each year the various educational ser... — Updated 6/3/2015

A local veterans’ organization is taking on a project that would make sure kids who might otherwise not be fed much on the weekends go home Friday with a supply of food. Three American Legion Post 157 members addressed a l... — Updated 6/3/2015

After years of study and political upheaval around the subject, Coulee Dam is on the path to building a new modular wastewater treatment plant, following a decision by the town council last month. The new facility will be built on... — Updated 6/3/2015

A school board candidate who filed for Ted Piccolo’s at-large seat has decided to withdraw her name. Tamra Sacchi, who filed her intention to seek the at-large seat during the normal filing period, found out Monday that she c... — Updated 6/3/2015

Jean Comstock didn’t have public comment this week after she learned that the City of Grand Coulee had denied her application for a business license to put in a marijuana retail store on Burdin Boulevard. While Grand Coulee was den... — Updated 6/3/2015

The Grand Coulee Dam School District spent $1,762 more in utility expenses for the new school in the first seven full months of this school year, the school board learned Monday night.The utility comparison is for power, water,... — Updated 6/3/2015