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Rex Norman Chamberlain, 89, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2025, following a short illness. Born in Rupert, Idaho on October 21, 1935, Rex was raised in a large, loving family. It was in Rupert that he met his future wife Lou at a local roller-skating rink. They shared 63 years of marriage before her passing. Rex served in the US Army before beginning a career in construction. He briefly worked in mining before becoming a respected Surveyor and Master Carpenter,... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 8/25 - A reportedly combative patient arrived at the hospital in a tribal ambulance but was no longer combative once police arrived. Coulee Dam Police left once tribal police arrived. 8/25 - 9/6 - Reports were filed without further details related to: fraud on Central Drive; an animal problem on Holly Street; suspicious or wanted on Lincoln Avenue; a traffic accident on Silver Drive in Electric City; a family fight on Miller Avenue; an animal problem on Coulee Boulevard; a citizen assist at the tribal museum; and assisting...
Kids playing Monday night in the Grand Coulee Dam Youth Soccer league took up the last rays of sunlight at dusk with enthusiasm, even if it was for somersaults during the game instead of what their coaches are trying to instill in them. Makeup games, canceled earlier due to smoke, were underway at the former middle school in Grand Coulee. Ruth Randolph, of the league, said she has 168 kids signed up for the sport this year. Coach Trent Turner said he is surprised at how far many of the...
Rod Broadnax has goals for Lake Roosevelt Schools. He wants Lake Roosevelt students safe and learning, in a school that is recognized for its academic rigor, as well as its athletics programs, and is fiscally solid, while increasing student enrollment and parental engagement. That's a lot. And big changes have been made to address the challenges ahead. The Grand Coulee Dam School District superintendent took time to speak with the Rotary Club Thursday, the same day he was explaining new...
Grand Coulee Police 8/24-8/29 - Reports were filed without further details related to: possession of a controlled substance; separate thefts on Section Place, Young Street, and Main Street; a littering/pollution problem on Martin Road; suspicious circumstances on Cardinal Road; and a parking problem at the Model Dam pull-off area just above the Grand Coulee Dam. 8/26 - Police went to Young Street where garbage had been thrown around outside a residence. Police knew of people who were moving their possessions out of the property the day prior...
Margaret Anne (Mull) Stewart October 19th, 1935 - August 15th, 2025 Margaret "Maggie" Stewart was born in Rudd, Iowa. She was raised a farm kid, and as she told it, from the time she was a tiny girl loved nothing better than to be dad's helper as he did the farm chores. As a young woman, she chose to study nursing at a South Dakota college. There she met the love of her life, Howard "Doodle" Stewart. They were married right after their graduation (for which Maggie served as the class... Full story
Daniel Eugene "Dan" Cox Passed away peacefully Wednesday night August 27, 2025, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, WA. Dan was born on August 1, 1960, in Spokane, to Ira Jay and Bertha Ann (Mustard) Cox. He was raised on a ranch in Owhi Flats, Nespelem, during that time he attended schools in Nespelem, Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee. Dan graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School as a 12-year vet in 1978. Upon graduating Dan began his employment career working for various construction... Full story
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...
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...
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...
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...
Electric City wants to move ahead with discussions on forming a regional fire authority, an option proposed last fall in an all-community meeting called to discuss the future of local emergency services. The city council agreed last week to send a letter stating the city is in favor of moving ahead with talks to pursue the establishment of a regional fire authority with five other entities: Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, Grant County Fire District 14, Lincoln County Fire District 9, and Okanogan...
A celebration of life will be held August 23, 2025, at the Coulee Dam City Hall at 1:00 for Gary G Haugen & Steven J Haugen. Gary passed away July 7, 2025, with one final wish to be laid to rest with his son Steven. Steven passed away December 31, 2021. Steven was born October 27, 1960, to Gary & Gloria (Friedlander) Haugen. He attended elementary school in Moses Lake, Junior High in Grand Coulee and graduated from Port Angeles High School. He then enlisted in the Army. Upon leaving the Army he worked in Spokane and eventually found Canby,... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/11 - 8/17 - Reports were filed without additional details on the situations including reports related to: lost and found property on F Street; a traffic accident on E Street; a traffic accident on Grand Coulee Avenue; a traffic accident on Spokane Way and Grand Coulee Avenue; theft on King Street; trespassing on Cardinal Road; theft on Main Street; suspicious or wanted on Burdin Boulevard; two separate citizen assists at Safeway; and another theft on Main Street. 8/12 - A man told police he thought he had lost an envelope...
City of Grand Coulee NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2026–2031 SIX YEAR STREET PLAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the city council in the council chambers, 306 Midway Avenue, on August 26, 2025, at 6:00pm. The purpose of the public hearing is to review and receive comments regarding the proposed City of Grand Coulee Six Year Street Transportation program. Comments may also be submitted in writing to City of Grand Coulee, PO Box 180, Grand Coulee WA 99133, by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2025. (Publish August 20, 2... Full story
A wildland fire put Electric City on evacuation alerts Aug. 6 as firefighters from many agencies helped local firefighters in the steep terrain. The Silver Fire ignited in the rocky, wooded hillsides outside the southeast corner of the city where a small forest rises on cliffs overlooking houses and pastures Wednesday afternoon. By 2:30 a large, blackened area dwarfed firefighters with brush trucks hosing the perimeter closest to homes just off the corner of Sunset Drive and Electric Boulevard....
Coulee Dam Police 8/4 - An officer spoke separately to a man and his father on Birch Street following an argument. The father said he wanted the son off the property and said that he could get his stuff the next day. The son was fine with that and left the area. 8/5 - A man reported finding large scuffs and marks on his vehicle which he parks near the grocery store in Electric City on Coulee Boulevard. 8/6 - A fire outside of Electric City’s limits near Electric Boulevard was possibly set by children lighting fireworks. The case was f...
Coulee Dam Police 7/27 - Someone reported seeing drugs being sold on Cedar Street and showed police video and photos showing people outside a car and someone inside a car. A tribal police drug dog was used and didn’t alert to any substances and so there was no crime at the time for police to further investigate. 7/28 - A driver was cited for driving with a suspended license after being pulled over for going 50 miles per hour in the 30 mph zone near Pole Park. The driver admitted to knowing she was speeding and told the officer she didn’t have a...
Flanked by his crew, Larry Hernandez cuts a ribbon to formally declare the Village Cinema open July 19 as about a dozen patrons applauded. Hernandez has spent the last year getting the old theater into shape, upgrading it, adding equipment, cleaning and refurbishing it, investing heavily in time and money, and most recently, hiring people. The cinema has been open since May, and even before, for several special events and recently started a regular schedule of movie runs. Hernandez got together...
Two local school districts passed budgets for the next school year on Monday after a Friday when the Trump Administration relented on withholding billions that were supposed to have been transferred to states by July 1. In Coulee Dam, school district directors OK’d a budget that plans to spend $416,000 less than in the 2024-25 year just ended, but still will end up next summer with less than a quarter of what it will start the 2025-26 year with amid declining student enrollment. The district will start with just under $2.5 million next month, a...
Superintendent Rod Broadnax said student from Nespelem who want to attend Grand Coulee Dam schools must again “choice in,” that is, formally choose to come to the district, by Aug. 21. The process changed last year as the two districts bumped into regulations on teaching students from other districts. Now, students wanting to transfer to a district not serviing the place where they live must complete some paperwork, either at the school they will attend or online at https://eds.ospi.k12. wa.us/choicetransferrequest. Broadnax told the sch...
As salmon restoration ramps up on the Columbia River above Chief Joseph Dam, it is important to establish balances between those fish already in reservoirs behind dams and salmon being introduced. Completed in 1942, Grand Coulee Dam became the largest U.S. hydropower plant. It generates enough power to supply about 2 million households with electricity for one year. Water stored in Lake Roosevelt, which is 150 miles long and as deep as 375 feet, reduced downstream flooding. Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams blocked salmon from migrating...
Larry William Sanders, 85 years old, of Greenacres and Grand Coulee, WA, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2025, at home with family. He was a devoted husband to Beverly for 40 years and a loving father to his children, Troy Sanders and Trina (Sanders) Riley. Larry was born on May 9, 1940, to Bill and Ruth (Hubbard) Sanders in a house in Electric City and graduated from Coulee Dam High School. Under his senior picture it says, "Whoever blushes seems to be good." Throughout High School, he was... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/18 - 7/20 - An officer told a woman that a child custody situation, in which the father of the child didn’t show up for an exchange of custody, was a civil matter for the courts, not a police issue. A couple of days later the father told police that the mother didn’t meet to pick up their child and he was unable to contact her. He wanted the incident documented. 7/21 - A used drug needle was found at the lower ball field at North Dam Park. Police took the needle to be destroyed. - A woman reported being the victim of a t...