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by Scott Hunter Nespelem School District ceremonially broke ground on construction of their new CTE building Monday morning as the whole school looked on. Nespelem's high school closed in 1956 as the state consolidated schools, sending local students to high school in Coulee Dam. The district's board of directors has long expressed their current dissatisfaction with the arrangement, thinking some of their students were not thriving in the neighboring system. Board President Jolene Marchand said...
The city of Grand Coulee will be able to fix a lot of dilapidated sewer lines with funding from the state of Washington’s Public Works Board for $4 million, the board said in a press release Monday. The city’s sewer improvements project will replace or rehabilitate approximately 10,200 linear feet of deteriorating sewer mains and manholes, PWB said. Planning for the project has already been started while the city engineer has been working with city leaders on updating its wastewater treatment plant, a job that will cost more than $10 mil...
STCU reaches 50- branch milestone Columbia Center Branch opens in Richland branch opens today; celebration to follow In a year of significant milestones, STCU is poised to reach another. The Spokane-based credit union will open its 50th branch location on Oct. 8. Many financial institutions are closing branches, particularly in rural communities and underserved neighborhoods. So far this decade, banks nationwide have closed more than 7,000 branch locations. In that same period, STCU has more than doubled its branch network. Every day, tens of...
A Department of Transportation crew works at dampening the impact of exposed pavement expansion joints in the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Monday. The state commission that directs the DOT will hold public meetings online this month, including on its maintenance backlog. - Scott Hunter photo...
The Moon shines over Lake Roosevelt Tuesday evening, a day after a "supermoon" lit the sky with a full moon about 14,000 closer to the Earth than normal, at 224,600 miles. It still looked big and bright on Tuesday. - Gwen Hilson photo...
Anyone following state news lately may have observed the following “bridge events”: 1) SR 165 has been closed permanently at the Fairfax bridge over the Carbon River due to bridge support failure. This has closed the northwest entry into Mt. Rainier National Park. 2) The bridge on SR 410 between Buckley and Enumclaw has been closed for bridge truss repair after a Vac Truck struck the bridge. 3) The SR 169 bridge over the Green River gorge area between Maple Valley and Enumclaw has been closed for girder repair. The latter two have resulted in...
Every time I turn on the news, I hear that nothing gets done in America because “we’re so divided.” Meanwhile, I have neighbors, family members, and friends of all political persuasions, and we are perfectly able to collaborate and communicate. Blaming division in the country sounds like BS to me. That line gets repeated so often it’s practically a lullaby; soothing, familiar, and completely misleading. Yes, Americans are entitled to disagree. That disagreement is part of the dynamism of this American experiment. It’s precisely why we elect...
We had a family gathering this past week and the topic became my wife’s recipe for chocolate frosting. Among scores of recipes my wife kept in a steel box was the frosting recipe that was on family’s minds. My oldest daughter, Kathy, took the recipe box to type up a number of recipes and see to it that the entire family got copies. It took her some time to do it because the recipes were handwritten. The chocolate frosting recipe was among them. When we had family gatherings my wife would always bake a chocolate cake and make the frosting. Som...
Politicians have been lying since the dawn of our formerly vibrant democracy. Random examples abound. John Adams and his pamphleteering surrogates said that Thomas Jefferson if elected would shut down all the churches. JFK tried to pump up his anti-Soviet credentials by inveighing against a Republican-created “missile gap” that in truth did not exist. Bill Clinton said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” But nothing in our history can compete with the industrial strength lies that emanate with fascistic discipl...
Mosquito District #2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, October 9th, 2025 at 5:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Food Bank Hours The food bank regular hours are Fridays from, 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566....
Grand Coulee Police 9/27 - A vehicle backed directly into another vehicle that was parked at Safeway. 9/30 - At about 3:30 a.m. the hospital reported a woman had come into the emergency room stating she had a gunshot victim in their vehicle, but no one was in the vehicle and she drove off. Police spoke to her about an hour later and she said she was having a mental issue and there was no gunshot victim. - Police checked on the well-being of a child on Federal Avenue at the request of a parent. The child was fine. 9/27 - 10/4 - Reports were...
Soccer Raider soccer players won their match against the Oroville Hornets last night 4-1 for their third win in the last week. They beat Bridgeport Thursday at home 2-1, got skunked in Davenport 7-0 Saturday, and took out 1A Colville 3-0 Monday. Shae Crollard, Monk Marconi, and Kenzie Portch each scored a goal for LR against the Hornets Tuesday. At goal, Senior Cora Nicholson had four saves, as did Paisley Fury-Smith, a freshman. That win gives LR a 6-4 record for the season so far. They'll...
Budget Workshop Special Council Meeting Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 2026 Budget Workshops will be held at the Coulee Dam Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam Washington, October 8, October 22, November 5 and November 12, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. These are workshops only. No decisions will be made. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish Octobet 8, 2025) Town of Elmer City NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY that the Town of Elmer City will hold a public hearing at 5:45 pm on Thursday, October 16, 2025, for a budget amendmen... Full story