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That roadside trail between Electric City and North Dam may get built yet, providing a safe path for pedstrians along the highway. The city council, frustrated with a lack of progress, in July had decided to explore starting over with their new engineering firm, but that firm talked them out of it at their meeting Aug. 12. Marissa Siemens, of TD&H Engineering, said the city's previous contracted engineering firm, Century West, has the plans about 90% complete for the project that would add a...
Nespelem School District Tuesday awarded the job of constructing its new CTE building to Lakes General for $1.38 million. The project may look more like a shop than a typical school builading, and the budget currently allows for not much more than an outer shell and a few rooms, including a bathroom. Add-ons could include specialized rooms for special purposes to fit the Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. The district exceeded its $1 million budget for the CTE building project, a part of the district’s expansion plan that has result...
A boat with a blue light cruises on Banks Lake at sunset Tuesday with a pink sky reflected in the water as thunderclouds rise in the west. - Scott Hunter photo...
Coulee Medical Center has received a Critical Access Hospital Achievement of Quality Excellence award from the Washington State Hospital Association for its Quality Excellence Program. The Association presented the award to Coulee Medical Center during its Rural Hospital Leadership Conference in Chelan on June 25. WSHA represents more than 100 hospitals and health systems in the state, including those that are non-profit, investor-owned, and county, state, and military hospitals. CMC, a 25-bed Trauma Level IV Critical Access hospital, earned...
Patrick Canady, originally of Grand Coulee, right, is sworn in as chief of police by Soap Lake Mayor Peter Sharp at the senior center in Soap Lake Aug. 20 during a city council meeting. About 50 people - citizens, council members, city staff, friends and family, were on hand for the occasion, including his mother, Diane Canady, of Grand Coulee. The new chief actually started the job on Aug. 11. Sharp said he was excited and looking forward to Canady leading the department into the future. Chief...
Several states’ attorneys general, including Washington’s Nick Brown, have reached an agreement requiring the Trump administration to release the full balance of education funding for Washington schools at the heart of a multistate lawsuit filed last month, a release from Brown’s office stated Tuesday. Under the terms of the agreement and as required by law, the U.S. Department of Education must release the funds no later than Oct. 3. Last month, Brown joined a coalition with 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump admin...
Once again, we come to the community to thank everyone for a fantastic Summer Season at the VET Center. Our American Legion Post appreciates everybody who came by and shopped with us during our sale season. Although it seemed like a really long stretch for those of us who worked every week to gather and prepare all the treasures that we had for sale, the time flew by as we greeted many of the same people on a weekly basis. With all the community support, our sales assisted us with gaining the funds we need to help Veterans in the area. Our...
The local Wayfinder group’s backpack and school supply drive has come to a close with gratitude overflowing for the support in donations and contributions received throughout the communities of Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, Elmer City and Nespelem. Thank you to Electric City Council, Grand Coulee City Council, Jess Ford, Grand Coulee Police Department, Coulee Dam Police Department, Elmer City Council, Coulee Wall Variety Store, Wayfinder members, and residents who supported our quick efforts to assist teachers, families and s...
We are a nation of laws. As I have heard so often, “no one is above the law.” I would hope that this must include ALL illegal immigrants that have come to our country. It is hard to believe that an illegal immigrant killed three people, and he was issued a CDL license in Washington state and California. I wonder how he was able to do that given the fact he could not speak or read English. California is in the lead for the most stupid and lawless state, but Washington state is doing its best not to be left behind. How many more Americans wil...
As we recently honored John Lewis with nationwide rallies/protests on the fifth anniversary of his death July 17, and local rallies/protests July 18, we have nine good examples of the “Good Trouble” he advocated. That is, nine Spokanites who were part of the June 11 protest at Spokane’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office were charged on July 15 for their acts of non-violent civil disobedience that was the story of John Lewis’ life. Will the actions of the “Spokane-Nine” become the national model for what’s necessary to stop Presid...
Gather your tin pails, load up on junk food and head for the hills. The huckleberries are waiting for you. I must confess I have never picked near here. As a kid growing up though, our family, my uncle’s family, and my aunt’s family would head for the hills about this time of year. We generally picked within an hour’s driving time from Palouse, north and east of Potlatch. Someone in the family would scout the hills so we knew where the good picking was, usually 0n the south slope of the mountains. My cousin Ruby always came. She had arthr...
Imagine being part of “Operation Midnight Hammer,” the much-acclaimed joint U.S. Air Force and Navy air strike which obliterated Iran’s nuclear bomb-making facilities a half a world away. B-2 Stealth bombers flew directly from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri — 18-hours non-stop and undetected — to drop our unique “bunker-buster bombs” on Iran’s Fordow nuclear operations deeply embedded underground. Meanwhile, the Navy fired Tomahawk missiles from under the sea to help polish off the other two key sites — Natanz and Eshafan. That tak...
Delmar and Linda Sanford of Grand Coulee recently celebrated their 60th anniversary with a family dinner hosted by their children and their spouses. The couple married on July 10, 1965 in Coulee Dam. Both Delmar and Linda dedicated their careers to education before retiring, and they continue to make their home in the area where they built their life together. They are the proud parents of two sons, David (Taunya) and Kyle (Jody), and have been blessed with four grandchildren, and five...
Grand Coulee Police 8/19 - After doing some research, police determined that barriers blocking access to private property near E Street and First on a dead end street were legal because they were only blocking off private property. - An officer responded to a report of someone overdosing in an alleyway near Grand Coulee Avenue but found the person had just been lying down while upset about something. The person didn’t show signs of drug use and walked off. 8/20 - A woman on Third Street was upset that her neighbor who lives in the same d...
Father Robert P. Himes, a senior priest of the Diocese of Yakima who served as a high school teacher and counselor in Central Washington for nearly 40 years, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 16. He was 92. Fr. Himes was in assisted care at Highgate Senior Living Community in Yakima, where he had resided since his retirement in 2020 as pastor of the Catholic churches in Grand Coulee, Hartline and Coulee City. The son of Harry Robert Himes and Joanna Patricia (Quinn) Himes, Fr. Himes was... Full story
GRANT COUNTY, WA – Summer brings more time on the road and opportunities to enjoy the season. Grant County Health District, alongside local law enforcement, is reminding everyone to plan ahead and make safe choices behind the wheel to prevent impaired driving. Since August 13th, law enforcement across Grant County has been increasing patrols on the roads as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement campaign, continuing through Labor Day, September 1st. Officers are especially active at night to keep impaired d...
Grant County households may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Saturday, September 13 from 9 am to 2 pm at the Grant County Public Works complex at 124 Enterprise St., Ephrata. This event is for household waste only. Hazardous products have labels with words such as danger, caustic, flammable, and poison. Examples include oil-based paint, automotive oil, paint thinner, rechargeable batteries, solvents, brake fluid, gasoline, aerosols, spot removers, drain openers, insecticides, pesticides, mercury containing devices such as...
A couple in a pontoon boat at Crescent Bay on Lake Roosevelt at the end of the launch dock view the backside of Grand Coulee Dam as a low Lake Roosevelt exposes the drum gates that hold it back Aug. 24. The telephoto effect draws the sandhill in the background in closer in the image. - Scott Hunter photo...
Protesters in Grand Coulee walked Midway Avenue Saturday afterrnoon, making statements with signs about the Trump administration, as they have been at 11 a.m. each Saturday all summer. - Scott Hunter photo...