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Prize winners at the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club's 86th annual Easter Egg Hunt included from left: Kutler Schmidt, Lily Ann, Jayden Dobson, Jett Carlson, Arari McCurty, Elouise Hutchinson, Zendaya Lynn, Emma Baugkhman, Nova DeWinkler, Stetson Miley and Rose Dobson. - submitted photo...
Coulee Dam Police 4/15 - A Coulee Dam officer and a Grand Coulee officer responded to a request to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the execution of a search warrant on Lakeview Boulevard in the Delano area. The officers were instructed to go onto the property first, activate their lights, and make announcements on the sound systems of their patrol cars. While doing this, FBI agents took custody of two suspects who were each placed in the officers’ cars to separate them. The Coulee Dam officer was mostly there for additional s...
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,...
A police officer with plenty of local experience has been approved to take over as Grand Coulee’s chief of police. Matt Ponusky, who has worked for Coulee Dam’s police department for three years, will move up to the chief’s spot in Grand Coulee. He had also served as an officer at Grand Coulee for eight years before making a move to Coulee Dam. The Grand Coulee City Council voted to approve the hire Tuesday night by a unanimous vote. Ponusky, who was not present at the meeting, will likely be sworn in this week, City Clerk Lorna Pearce said....
The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department was busy Saturday, starting at 12:30 a.m. when Reclamation Fire called for mutual aid for a reported fire at the John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant at the top of the dam. Crews assisted in shuttling water and with ventilation of the facility, after a trailer brought inside to use as an office caught fire. Then at 11:46 a.m. crews responded the Lakeview Terrace area for a utility pole power line problem....
Grand Coulee Police 4/3 - At the Continental Heights apartments, a man explained he had let another resident into his room who was drunk and began threatening him. Police learned while on the way there that the man was still threatening people. Police arrived and spoke to him and noted he was very intoxicated and hard to understand. Asking him how to spell his name, the man said, “What? You don’t know how to spell?” to which the officer replied that there were numerous ways to spell the name. The man who originally reported being threa...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will hold a Public Hearing to review and gather feedback for the following federal programs: Title VI Indian Education Title I – Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Students Migrant Education Program (MEP) This meeting is part of the required public consultation process for the Title VI EASIE (Electronic Application System for Indian Education) Part II application, as well as the development and review of plans for Title I and Migrant Education services. Date: April 24, 2025 Time: 6PM L... Full story
Easter baskets stand ready at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Senior Center after volunteers put them together recently for the center's annual fund raiser. They are now on sale. - Gwen Hilson photo...
Coulee Dam Police 3/31-4/6 - Reports were filed without details about several situations: one for a verbal disturbance on Birch Street in Coulee Dam, one for a public service/citizen assist on Jackson Avenue in Electric City, one for a past disturbance on Continental Heights in Grand Coulee, one related to a theft on Camas Street, one related to trespassing at the hospital in Grand Coulee, and one related to a vehicle prowl and theft from a vehicle on Washington Place in Electric City. 4/2 - A woman was “walking funny” on the bridge in Cou...
Lady Raiders shut out Liberty Bell The Lady Raiders came back from spring break ready to rock. They shut out Liberty Bell's Lady Mountain Lions 15-0 Tuesday night in Grand Coulee. Presley Steffens' pitching held them scoreless while the Lake Roosevelt girls racked up runs. The Raiders play a doubleheader Saturday in Dryden against the Cascade Kodiaks starting at 11 a.m., then will host Inchelium April 16. Raiders lose to Liberty Bell The Raiders hosted Liberty Bell's Mountain Lions in Coulee...
Dozens of local students attend schools out of the Grand Coulee Dam School District, according to numbers compiled for the school board at their request. Director Alex Tufts had asked earlier this year that the district develop an exit interview as a matter of course to track reasons for students choosing to leave. The district has averaged 645 students across all grades this year, but is currently down by 22 students from the beginning of the school year. Director Rich Black asked at the March 24 meeting what reasons are for the migration. “So...
Grand Coulee Police 3/10 - A Grand Coulee officer assisted Coulee Dam police on 4th Street in Electric City where people were arguing about property lines. Those involved were told it was a civil matter. 3/13 - While investigating a possible DUI, police located the suspect vehicle at Safeway and found the driver was neither intoxicated nor impaired. - An officer spoke to a woman at Safeway who had questions related to harassment because someone made a Facebook post blaming her for their son’s death. Police answered her questions and explained w...
Students at other school districts will no longer be able to participate in Lake Roosevelt’s sports programs following a vote Monday night by the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors. The new policy takes effect in the next school year. Currently, and for many years, students whose own nearby schools have not offered a sport have been able to arrange to participate in practices and play in Raider sports. But recent changes have drawn attention to the policy. Athletic Director Casey Brewster told the board Monday that the d...
The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center serves meals at a recommended donation of $5 from people 60 and over, while people under 60 will be charged $10 after April 1, said its president, Edna Hauser, who noted the meals are not free to people over 50 as stated in an article, which related comments during the presentation of an award to the Seniors as the chamber of commerce’s organization of the year....
Thomas (Tom) M. Nieberding of Westlake, OH passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025 at the age of 78. He was born on August 26, 1946 in Cleveland, OH. He grew up on West 187th Street in Cleveland, OH and Usher Road in Olmsted Falls, OH. In his adult life he lived in Texas, Wisconsin, Washington and Ohio. Tom was and always will be a proud Marine who served as a Corporal in Vietnam. He graduated from Cleveland State University in 1977 with a degree in Engineering. He worked for the Bureau of... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 3/17 - A report was filed related to an assault on Fir Street with further information unavailable. 3/19 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted Grand Coulee police in responding to a report of an intoxicated man attempting to get into cars at a gas station on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee. The man was getting into the faces of police officers and so was put in wrist restraints, which he allegedly resisted to some extent. His demeanor would fluctuate between wanting to fight to saying he loved the officers. He was going to be taken to...
By Scott Hunter Supporters filled the meeting room at La Presa as the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a dinner to honor local businesses for their accomplishments in 2024 March 13. Coulee Hardware was voted Business of the Year for being far more than a hardware store. The store "also provides a lot of other services," noted Nancy Zimmerman-Boord, chamber executive director," listing its UPS package shipping center, retail rentals, garden supplies, fresh plants every spring,...
Coulee Dam Police 3/10-3/13 - Police filed reports for separate cases without further details. The reports include cases related to disorderly conduct on 4th Street in Electric City; an animal problem on Birch Street in Coulee Dam; harassment on Gold Street in Electric City; an unclassified overdose on Wenatchee Avenue in Grand Coulee; an assault on 4th Street in Electric City; a family fight at an SR-174 address; and trespassing on Cedar Street in Coulee Dam. 3/11 - While teaching a math class at Lake Roosevelt, a man set his phone down and th...
TOPS WA 1524 Grand Coulee Dam honored its best losers for 2024 in early March. Cindy Johnson lost 19.2 pounds and Jeri Anderson lost 17 pounds. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a non-profit support group helping members reach their goals with lifestyle changes to live a healthier life. TOPS celebrates its 77th birthday this year. For every pound you lose it takes 4 pounds of pressure from your knees and 6 pounds of pressure from your hips. We meet every Tuesday at 9 am at the Art Room of the Senior Center. You are welcome to join us. Visit...
GCD School District CALL FOR BIDS The Grand Coulee Dam School District hereby calls for bids for the following surplus items: Bus Number: 121 Year: 2013 Make: International Mileage: 92,042 Co9ndition: Good/Ok Condition, Runs Bids can be sent to: Grand Coulee Dam School District, 110 Stevens Ave. Coulee Dam, WA 99116. -Please state “bids” on the envelope. -Bids will close on Wednesday March 26th @ 4:00 p.m. -Any questions contact Wade Magers, Transportation Supervisor at wmagers@gcdsd.org (Publish March 12 and 19, 2025) VACANCY ON ELECTRIC CIT... Full story
As a cast of 42, local students and a couple Missoula Children's Theatre staffers (on each end) take their bows at the end of "Pinocchio" Friday afternoon. The MCT was brought to town by the Grand Coulee Dam Parent Teacher Organization. They audition the kids on Monday, practice after school all week, then present the resulting production at the end of the week in the Lake Roosevelt gym. MCT staffers bring all the props, costumes and sets. PTO's Lee Seekins and Rebecca Hunt were musical...
Some students might get to ride on a battery-powered bus sometime next year, if a grant application is accepted by the bus manufacturer. Grand Coulee Dam School District Transportation Director Wade Magers presented the school board Monday with the option to go electric with one bus in a little over 10 months. Magers said there are pros and cons to getting one, but the financial aspect of the application makes it attractive. Magers said the IC Electric School Bus (ESB) should go about 130 miles on a charge and recharge fully in about eight...
The nonprofit federal administration that provides one-third of the Northwest’s electricity is preparing to part ways with its current Western energy market and sell its excess energy to companies and electric cooperatives as far away as Louisiana. Bonneville Power Administration officials announced in a draft policy proposal released Wednesday that they intend to leave the California-controlled “real-time” market they’ve participated in since 2022 and join a new “day-ahead” energy market based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. The move sparke... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/8 - The driver of a Dodge Ram said he was at fault when making a left turn into Safeway and hitting a Ford F-350 owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The driver said he had not been paying proper attention and had been suffering from a headache. He was cited for failure to yield as well as for driving without insurance. He parked his vehicle illegally in a handicap stall in the Safeway parking lot, saying he’d have it moved soon. The vehicle was still there a week later, however, and police c...
Stub Owhi gets a special award at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors, including Chair Shannon Nicholson, left, and Buffy Nicholson, her nieces, and Superintendent Rod Broadnax. Owhi has been attending boys' and girls' basketball games, all of them, for five years to support her grandchildren athletes. She's been taking team photos at the end of every game this year. - submitted photo...