Articles from the August 21, 2019 edition
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Upgrades planned in Coulee Dam
The Coulee Dam Town Council voted Aug. 14 to accept one grant and apply for another from the state’s Transportation Improvement Board totalling nearly $900,000 for street and sidewalk repairs. The agency granted $120,000 for new s... — Updated 8/27/2019
State Parks Boating Program urges stand up paddleboarders to wear life jacket, leash
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks Boating Program is urging stand up paddleboarders to be safe on the water by always wearing a life jacket and leash. According to Washington state recreational boating accident data, six s... — Updated 8/21/2019
Coulee Cops
Grand Coulee Police 8/14 - Yakima County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from Grand Coulee Police regarding a report of a missing person from the Yakima area possibly having been spotted along Old Coulee Highway and Rosenberg... — Updated 8/21/2019
Legal Notices for August 21, 2019
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR OKANOGAN COUNTY In re the Estate of: LARRY EUGENE GREEN, Deceased. Probate No. 19-4-0011224 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The Personal Representative named below has been appoin... — Updated 8/21/2019 Full story
Bowman Electric wins tourney
The Bowman Electric softball team Saturday emerged the champions from this year's Grand Coulee Dam Area Adult Summer Softball League's 2019 Kenny Hearne Summer Classic Softball... — Updated 8/21/2019
Masquers to hold membership gala
The Masquers Theater will hold its annual membership gala on Saturday, August 24, 2019, at the Masquers Theater in Soap Lake. Hors d’oeuvres will be served beginning at 6:00 p.m., with the program beginning at 7. Admission is f... — Updated 8/21/2019 Full story
Local unions lead school-supply drive
It's hard to go to school without school supplies. The Public School Employees union from Lake Roosevelt, joined this year by the teachers union, worked on Monday to "Stuff The... — Updated 8/21/2019
Meetings and Notices
Chamber Taking a Break Chamber will not be holding meetings through the month of August. They will resume in September. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting... — Updated 8/21/2019 Full story
Drones planting trees in burned wildlands
Drones planting trees in burned wildlands While drones are coming of age in firefighting, they are also establishing a foothold in restoring fire-scorched forests. Firefighting drones grabbed the spotlight last April 15 as viewers... — Updated 8/21/2019
Shaking, Shifting and Sifting
I have heard these three words a lot lately. I have heard them from people in government, in the education system, from friends, and from the pulpit. They have been used in a physic... — Updated 8/21/2019
Hardworking farmers deserve a strong trade agreement
A story out of Ritzville recently gained national attention: Larry Yockey is a fourth-generation wheat farmer, and for nearly fifty years, he hasn’t missed a harvest. Sadly, Larry was recently diagnosed with stage four cancer, a... — Updated 8/21/2019
Liked it so much, we moved here twice
My wife and I liked the coulee so much that we moved here twice. The first time was in 1954 when I accepted a job grading lumber at the planing mill above the dam. I worked for Everett Kirkpatrick and a junior partner. Old timers... — Updated 8/21/2019
Creative chef about to offer her services at home
If culinary cred, zeal and creative thinking have anything to do with it, Patty Davis is about to make a mark on her home turf. Davis has studied and worked in the culinary arts... — Updated 8/21/2019
Boy didn't win, but gets dream playhouse anyway
Oh, the joys of being a homeowner. Aiden Picard was surprised to learn on Aug. 7, the day before his fifth birthday, that he'd be getting his dream home. That dream home, a... — Updated 8/21/2019
Everything to gain
Watching even the “cultural” reintroduction of salmon to local waters denied to them for eight decades can inspire wonder, grief, admiration, joy, hope, questions, and anticipation. Over the last couple weeks, as the Colville Tri... — Updated 8/21/2019
Warnecke appointed to commissioner spot
Brian Warnecke has been appointed as a new commissioner for the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District following the resignation of longtime member Bob Valen. Valen still intends to be available to consult with other members of... — Updated 8/21/2019
Newsbriefs
Williams Flats Fire 88% contained The Williams Flats fire, located upstream from the Keller Ferry area, is said to be 88% contained at 44,515 acres, the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team stated Tuesday. The... — Updated 8/21/2019
Fireworks discussed at Electric City
Fireworks won’t be banned from Electric City, the result of a discussion last week considering such an action by the city council. Citizen and firefighter Ken Dexter told the city council Aug. 13 that he was speaking for himself a... — Updated 8/21/2019
Salmon released above dam mark first of their kind in 79 years
The Colville Tribes released 30 Chinook salmon at the Keller boat launch, just north of the Keller Ferry, on Aug.16, the first time salmon have been above the Grand Coulee Dam in... — Updated 8/21/2019