The Star - News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area

Lake Roosevelt Schools, in Coulee Dam in the foreground with the Columbia River and lots of federal land all around, collects less property tax than most districts because it's surrounded by non-taxable federal land. Nespelem School gets even less. The two districts are re-negotiating a sharing agreement they've had for decades on how to share federal Impact Aid, which is meant to address that problem. - Scott Hunter photo