News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Members of the Sanzar Dance Company, of Wenatchee, pose for a photo by Banks Lake before performing at Friday Market at North Dam Park. The girls, all between 12 and 16 years old, performed in two sets for an enthusiastic crowd at the event, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. - Scott Hunter photo...
Rep. Dan Newhouse announced Sunday that he’d secured over $3 million in federal funds to build “safe, dependable living space for health professionals working at … Coulee Medical Center,” a goal hospital officials have been pursuing for a couple years. CMC relies on traveling professionals to staff various positions, and housing them is a challenge locally. The hospital actually owns several houses for this reason, which also makes the local housing market even tighter. But the professionals, who, hospital leaders point out, pass several other...
A non-profit organization that is all about getting kids involved in active recreation pitched Grand Coulee's city council June 17 on a vision for a "community center" on city land with a great view. Nic Alexander, president of Reel Rec, is a local builder and developer who looks at the city's vacant land overlooking Crescent Bay Lake and Lake Roosevelt as a great place for a center with a view. The vision is still a little vague. Would it include a pool, batting cage, archery range, golf simula...
A group working to inject the skills and abilities of thoughtful leadership into communities is offering training to do that in Grant County, and north county residents can even get some pay to offset mileage. The Leadership Institute of NCW is all about "Educating and Empowering Community Members for Civic Leadership in NCW." It was a hit in Chelan County last year; this year it's concentrating on Grant County, with plans to do it again in Okanogan County in the next year or so. Nancy Boord is...
A neighborhood in Coulee Dam will get an upgrade its residents likely didn’t know they needed: their main sewer pipes will be lined. The area to have the work done runs along River Drive and nearby streets, where the sewer pipe is good enough to warrant the CIPP (cured in place pipe) treatment, which requires no trenching, with a liner injected into existing pipe. The city council awarded the project June 11 to Allied Plumbing and Pumps for its winning bid of $243,042.66. The project will be funded through a combination of a grant and loan f...
The next town council members in Coulee Dam will get paid on a different scale than council currently does, following a vote of the council earlier this month. Council members are currently paid $50 a month. The new scale changes that to $50 per regular council meeting attended. Two council meetings are normally scheduled per month, but the town often cancels one for lack of agenda items, which is the case this week. Tonight’s regular council meeting was canceled. Council could have changed the pay to add in compensation for extra meetings s...
With signs quoting the wisdom of Isaiah and The Lorax, a group of protesters bring down the median age of those walking along Midway Avenue Saturdays. With warmer days coming, they're now starting their weekly one-hour Trump Administration policy protests at 11 a.m. instead of noon. - Scott Hunter photo...
June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sofia of Austria. The killings set off a chain of events that culminated in World War One. Following the killings, an elaborate network of treaties among the nations of Europe led to a rapid escalation in the war between the Central Powers - Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and the Allied nations of Britain, France, Italy and Russia. On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the war with the Allies. Source(s): Library of...
The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. David Steiner, who will take over as Postmaster General on July 14, 2025, has a tough job to do and little time to do it, with some estimates indicating the USPS could be insolvent as soon as 2028. Congress has a key role to play in helping him right the ship but must get off the sidelines and act. A useful step...
In regard to the most pathetic car show in history, last weekend (June 14). Seriously? What happened to the big North Dam car shows from the past or a car show lining both sides of Main Street? There was no advertising, no word of mouth, no one knew anything. Six cars attended, ha ha, that has to be the world record. How embarrassing. Why did someone decide that it would be a good idea to combine a kid’s fest and 40 sign protesters together with a non-advertised car show? Why not go back to days of a stand-alone advertised car show with v...
I somehow became friends with two Seattle disc jockeys, Frosty Fowler and Emperor (Lee) Smith. I met Frosty at a French pastry restaurant on Capitol Hill in Seattle. The place was Marcel’s, owned by a fellow Bothell resident. I often drove there for lunch and Marcel introduced us. We apparently hit it off because it became a lasting friendship. He told me what he did and was amazed that I hardly even knew his name. I explained that I seldom listened to the radio and wouldn’t be interested in the type of music he played. Frosty had an ego and...
With high school and college commencements wrapping up, employers now worry about the graduates’ preparedness to enter the work world. This year, 3.9 million students graduated from our high schools, marking the largest class on record. An additional 4.6 million scholars earned college degrees. Their expertise was graded from A to F. Grades are supposed to indicate accurate achievement, competence, and knowledge when applied without being inflated. “Grade inflation” refers to a rise in grades without a matching increase in learning outco...
Steven Wesley Carlson, long time resident of Grand Coulee, passed away on June 14, 2025. Steve was born in Colfax, Wa on February 6, 1945 to Loney Floyd (Bus) and Marjorie Carlson. The family moved to Grand Coulee in 1947 where Steve would attend all 12 years of school. After graduation, Steve attended 2 years at Wenatchee Jr. College and then served 2 years in the army. He then attended Central Washington University for 2 years. Throughout his life, Steve was very involved in sports and cars. He excelled in high school basketball, and later... Full story
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention...
Grand Coulee Police 6/6 - Dogs were deemed not dangerous after chasing after a man on a bike near North Dam Park and barking but making no attempt to bite. The owner had leash laws explained to him and said he’d keep the dogs on a leash. - A landlord was upset that police couldn’t do anything about two males staying in an apartment on Grand Coulee Avenue they aren’t on the lease for. The lessor hasn’t paid rent in 10 months and the landlord is going through the eviction process. Police explained that the eviction process had to complet...
LR Honor Rolls High Honor Roll (3.5-4.0, 4.0*) 11th grade- Abby Rockwell, Caden Portch, Malachi Stice, Madelynn Carman, Ethan Croasmun, Elizabeth Crinklaw, Sophia Hevener, Cora Nicholson 10th grade- Stihl Miller*, Kayman Jordan, Jaci Clark, Terrell Bush, Damien Castillo, Cody Ewers, Noah Marconi, Cadence Holt, Connor Johnson 9th grade- Shae Crollard, Justice Stice, Ashlyn Sam, Rylie McKee, Chantelle Pakootas, Ca’Mahyah Finley, DC Atkins, Lexi Portch, Skyla Flores-Thomas, Rayden McCraigie 8th grade- Julien Shaffer, Sean Gorr, Jr.; Justin H...
Every time Larry Hernandez runs into a new obstacle, he seems to find a way around it. That's how it's been ever since he started working on reviving the Village Cinema in Coulee Dam, a place that has been largely vacant for a generation of movie-goers who missed out. Recently, it was something as mundane as a sewer plugged up. He got that fixed with the same plumber who showed up and did a lot of work for no charge just to help in the effort. That community effort is what makes it all worth it...