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Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention...
The Raider track and field team at last week’s 2B District 5 meet qualified 11 athletes to continue on to the state championship in Yakima May 29-31. The boys’ team placed fourth out of 17 teams at the Central Washington University Recreational Sports Complex in Ellensburg Thursday, where the top six competitors qualified for state. “It’s been a number of years since we have qualified so many student athletes for state competition,” said Head Coach Lori Adkins. “Many of our athletes went into the district meet having already met steep state...
Lake Roosevelt’s tennis doubles team of Amy Dorman and Riley Ayling competed in the 2025 1B/2B Girls State Tennis Doubles at the Yakima Tennis Club last weekend, where they made it into the finals. After losing their first sets to eventual second-place winners S. Petersen and B. Williams, of Manson, 4-6, 5-7, the LR duo defeated Sears and Doughty, of Newport, 6-4, 7-5, to advance to Saturday’s finals. Facing Naranjo and Torres, also from Manson, Dorman and Ayling won the first set but lost the next two, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6. Naranjo and Torres wen...
Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees by Alex Baumhardt, Washington State Standard May 20, 2025 Grand Coulee Dam is among the most powerful energy-generating dams on earth. It's the bedrock of the federal Columbia River Power System - a network of 31 dams supplying more than half of the hydropower in the Northwest. Grand Coulee alone, overseen by the federal Bureau of Reclamation, generates one-quarter of that. But critical operations at...
The Isle of Flags' annual Memorial Day Flag Dedication ceremony will take place Monday at 11 a.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery. Nine new flags will be dedicated to those who served in the military and have passed on, with families invited and community members to witness it. The new flags will be added to over 500 that fill the cemetery with patriotic expression each year. They will be dedicated to: Thomas A. Benton, David "Dude" Chapman, Louis S. Dewey, MD, Donald "Don" Fischer, Clifford H....
Michael Baumgartner is hostile to his constituents and generally all Washingtonians. He claims to be a “state’s rights guy,” as Republicans used to be until most congressional Republicans now cowardly won’t stand up against President Donald Trump’s wannabe all-powerful dictatorship. Accordingly, Baumgartner fell in line with House Republican colleagues by recently joining a letter from the House Judicial Committee to Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown (Spokesman-Review 3/31/25). The letter, in effect, claims that Trump’s extremely c...
by Scott Hunter Lake Roosevelt’s track and field team last Thursday in Brewster qualified 14 athletes for the District 5 meet May 22 in Ellensburg. They missed taking first place as a team by three points, 138-135, to take second to Brewster as Raiders earned championships and set several personal records that night. “It was a real team effort on a super exciting night where our athletes were scraping for every LR point they could earn,” said head coach Lori Adkins. “They performed PR after PR as many families and fans cheered them on.” Se...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In the Matter of the Estate of: CLAYTON EUGENE ROSS FIELDS, Deceased. IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF grant No. 25-4-00091-13 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the... Full story
This year’s election season will focus on local positions: city councils, port districts, school boards and such. Last week was the week to file intentions to seek such an office. Here’s a look at who filed. Three candidates are seeking the mayor’s seat in Grand Coulee, including incumbent Ruth Dalton and challengers Micah Seekins and Chantel Crowe, who is currently a deputy clerk at city hall. Voters will pick two of those three in the Aug. 5 Primary Election to go on to the General Election on Nov. 4. Janet Christy filed to keep the counc...
Leroy Passed away on May 9, 2025. He was born April 11, 1938, In Almira, Wash., to James and Zella (Alling) Sanderson in the Alling Family home. He was the first Grandchild of Ben and Edna Alling. He was a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather {Great-Grandson born on May 9, 2025) and Friend. Leroy attended all 12 years of school in Grand Coulee and graduated with the class of 1957 participating in football and basketball. He then enrolled In Wenatchee Valley College... Full story
.Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention...
An accidental gunshot incident got a student at the Lake Roosevelt Alternative School in Grand Coulee kicked out of school for a year and booked into a Chelan County Juvenile Detention facility last week, one week after it happened. The student — who is not yet 18, which prevents school officials from releasing a name — lost footing while riding a hoverboard in a classroom around other students when the board bumped into another student’s foot. A handgun fell out of the suspect’s jacket at that point, hit the floor and discharged, sending...
Candidate Filing Week in the state began on Monday, May 5 online and at county elections offices across the state. Declarations of Candidacy and full payment must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 9. In the local area, 55 positions are open for citizens to declare candidacy. Across the state, eligible Washingtonians can declare candidacy for over 3,200 seats ranging from county positions to school boards and cemetery districts. Candidates file through their county elections office. Applicants are encouraged to file online. Complete...
April 29, 2025 5:25pm Demand for electricity in the Northwest could double by 2046, according to a new energy forecast from regional experts. Over the next two decades, demand could increase by between 1.8% and 3.1% annually, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council heard April 29. The projected growth will come primarily from companies building more data centers in the region, more electric vehicles on roads, electrifying buildings, computer chip manufacturing and the production of “green hydrogen” created by running an electrical cur... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 4/28 - 4/30 - Reports were filed without further details about the situations, including for a traffic accident on Section Place and Yakima Street in Grand Coulee, a family fight on Cardinal Place in the road, and harassment on 4th Street in Electric City. 4/30 - A man on Stevens Avenue in Electric City reported that his neighbor walked into his house and took his dog. He provided police with security footage showing so. The neighbor said the dog was in distress and ill and possibly at risk for parvo (a potentially...
The Raider track and field athletes competed against 20 teams at the Ron Vanderholm Memorial Invitational in Royal City on Friday, with the boys taking third place as a team. John Cooley took first place in the 300 hurdles among 15 competitors with a PR performance. He took second in the 110 hurdles and fifth in both long and triple jumps. Terrell Bush beat back 26 other long jumpers to take first with a PR. Kayman Jordan took third in his first 400-meter dash, as did Caden Portch in both the 1600 and 3200. And the relay team they are both...
CITY OF GRAND COULEE NOTICE OF TOWN HALL MEETING The Grand Coulee City Council will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the implementation of an ordinance pertaining to vacant business buildings. The special meeting will be held Tuesday, May 20, 2025, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 306 Midway Avenue. Business owners are strongly encouraged to attend. The regular council meeting will immediately follow. The city hall is accessible to persons with disabilities. The city will make arrangements to reasonably... Full story
The Colorama buttons offered at local businesses help support and promote the Colorama Festival. They are available for purchase at local businesses, including Voltage Coffee House, Coulee Hardware, Cafe Espresso, Coulee Wall Variety Store, MPH HI Dam, The Eagles, on B Street, and the local motels. Buttons cost $3.50....
A small pile of significant tax bills is getting delivered to Gov. Bob Ferguson. Collectively, they form the financial linchpin to the state’s next budget and would generate the revenue needed to erase a chunk of a shortfall Ferguson has pegged at $16 billion over the next four fiscal years. The tax package is expected to net around $9.4 billion over that time. Democrats drew up the bills. They used their majorities in the House and Senate to pass them over the opposition of Republicans and a few moderate Democrats. It is not known if the first...
All are invited to community clean-up days at Spring Canyon Cemetery Saturday, May 3 and Saturday May 17 from 9:00 am until noon. It will be a good time to clean around your family's headstones or stones of those who do not have family living here anymore. Bring gloves, shovels, weed eaters, brooms, brushes, etc. Lion's Club members, military veterans and cemetery supporters will be there to work with you and haul away debris. It will be a fun time. If you have questions, call 509 633-0182 or 509 631-0551....
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention...
Jaxon made no room for Jackson at the Raiders' in-league tennis match with Pateros Thursday in Coulee Dam, as the Lake Roosevelt boys' team bested their guests 4-1. Raider Jaxon Krohn beat Jackson Newman 6-0, 6-0 in #1 singles, and Noah Hunt clobbered Kinden Hook by the same scores at #2. Tor Chaffee won his #3 by 6-1, 6-1. The #2 Boys' Doubles team of Carter Senator and Tommy Tynan won their sets 6-0, 6-1. The #1 doubles team, Gavin Senator and Zane Chaffee, lost 5-7, 3-6. For the girls' team,...
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TOWN OF ALMIRA REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING SERVICES The Town of Almira will accept Statements of Qualifications from firms interested in providing professional municipal engineering services during the 2025-2027calendar years. The Town will be selecting a consulting engineering firm for municipal engineering services for sewer, projects, comprehensive plans, municipal planning, studies, capital facilities plans, rate studies, technical engineering reports, cost estimates, environmental reviews, plans,... Full story
Democratic state lawmakers dropped their bid Monday to repeal a voter-approved limit on property tax growth in Washington, excising one of the most controversial revenue-raising ideas they’ve pursued in this year’s legislative session. The proposal, embedded in House Bill 2049, sought to allow an increase in the growth factor from the current 1% cap to as much as 3%. It would have applied to a state levy that supports schools, and for cities and counties, as well as special purpose districts. But Rep. Steve Bergquist, D-Renton, the bil...