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  • Restaurant break-in nets laptop computer

    Roger S Lucas|Updated Aug 4, 2015

    An unknown person broke into the Melody Restaurant sometime last Monday night, July 27, and got away with only a laptop computer. Coulee Dam Police Chief Pat Collins said that the guilty person threw a rock through the window near the firm’s office to gain entry into the building. Collins said that police have collected traces of blood and are sending it to the Washington State Crime Laboratory to see if it matches any DNA on record. “We have a person of interest in mind,” Collins said, “and our investigation continu...

  • Shoulder work to delay traffic starting Aug. 4

    Updated Aug 3, 2015

    Drivers should expect delays of less than 10 minutes starting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, Aug. 4, on SR 174 toward Bridgeport as road crews work on the shoulders, the DOT said late Monday. From the Four Corners junction with SR 155, a Department of Transportation spokesman said, a crew will be reshaping and paving shoulders for eight miles west. Flaggers will be directing traffic. The work should be complete Aug. 11....

  • Chamber, paper publish tips for living here

    Scott Hunter|Updated Jul 30, 2015

    A committee focused on local economic development realized a goal last week with the publication of a new booklet that addresses the particulars of living in the Grand Coulee Dam Area. "Tips and Tricks to Life in the Grand Coulee Dam Area" presents practical tips for the "little quirks" of the area, including things that might not be obvious to newcomers or even longtime residents. For instance, a page headed "Slightly odd places to find things you need locally" includes tips...

  • Group provides evidence cart

    Updated Jul 29, 2015

    The Coulee Medical Center Guild recently purchased this evidence cart that will be used to treat victims of sexual or domestic violence. The unit cost $1,200 and will soon be in use at the hospital. Pictured with the new unit, from left are Clea Pryor; Beth Goetz, RN; Helen McClain; Nora Jenn; Dee Parrent; Linda Esmond and Kelly Steffens, RN. - Roger S. Lucas photo...

  • Legal Notices for July 29, 2015

    Updated Jul 29, 2015

    LEGAL NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to construct a 120-foot Self-Support Communications Tower at the approx. vicinity of Highway 155, Coulee Dam, Okanogan County, WA 99116. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Marshall, m.hayes@trileaf.com, 2121 W. Chandler Blvd, Suite 203, Chandler, AZ 85224, 480-850-0575....

  • Coulee Cops

    Updated Jul 29, 2015

    Grand Coulee Police 7/17 - A Seattle woman told police that, while she shopped at Safeway, someone took a makeup kit, a pair of shoes, and some medicines from her car. 7/20 - A woman told police that she hadn’t heard from her brother for about two weeks. An officer checked on the man, who said his sister was trying to control him and that was why he hadn’t communicated with her. - A report of a bank card being stolen from a patient brought an officer to Coulee Medical Center. The card was cancelled and a woman was adv...

  • New floor for school kitchen

    Updated Jul 29, 2015

    Nespelem School Board Directors Jolene Marchand, left and Annette Moses check out the new kitchen floor at the school Monday night following their monthly board meeting. The concrete floor had to be dug up this summer and recoated after a leak from a pipe beneath it surfaced through the gym floor last spring. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Receive 10 free Trees by joining ADF in August

    Updated Jul 29, 2015

    Nebraska City, Neb. – Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid between October 15 and December 10, depending on the right time for planting in each member’s area. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. “Colorado blue spruce trees provide hom...