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GCD School District CALL FOR BIDS The Grand Coulee Dam School District hereby calls for bids to furnish the following for the 2023-2024 school year. Milk for the school breakfast/lunch program during the 2023-2024 school year.... — Updated 4/17/2024

Town of Coulee Dam Notice of Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; The town of Coulee Dam has published this Notice of Public Hearing of the Town Council to provide the opportunity to comment on the proposed adoption by reference... — Updated 4/10/2024

Twenty Years Ago Concerned about the effect a new sidewalk would have on the parking and safety of his building, a Grand Coulee businessman disputed the cities plan to repair Burdin Boulevard. Milt Snyder does not want a sidewalk... — Updated 3/13/2024

Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding a Special Joint School Board Meeting with Nespelem School District Board of Directors, Tuesday, March 5th 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at... — Updated 2/28/2024

Town of Coulee Dam Public Notice ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 816 – An ordinance adopting a Complete Streets Grant Program pertaining to streets, sidewalks, and public places within the Town of Coulee D... — Updated 2/21/2024

Coulee Area Park and Recreation District (CAPRD) is seeking a vendor for grounds maintenance at North Dam Park, Grand Coulee, WA The time frame for 2024 contract runs from April through the end of October. The selected vendor will... — Updated 2/14/2024

Sometimes a game is not just a game. That was especially true Monday night, when even as the Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders were wrapping up a win in basketball, on the stage people were preparing hundreds of candles for afterward.... — Updated 2/12/2024

Rod Broadnax will remain the superintendent of the Grand Coulee Dam School District for another three years following an offer by the school board Monday to extend his contract. Broadnax accepted the offer, which included a lift in... — Updated 1/24/2024

CANCELLATION OF SPECIAL JOINT BOARD MEETING Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors Joint School Board Meeting with Nespelem School District... — Updated 1/17/2024

Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors NOTICE OF BOARD STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors will be holding a Board Strategic Planning Retreat at the... — Updated 1/10/2024

John M. Adkins, Coulee Dam, Superintendent of the Wellpinit School District, has been selected to join five other superintendents on the Board of Directors for the National Indian Impacted Schools Association. There are over 550... — Updated 1/10/2024

An effort to put a school resource officer at Lake Roosevelt Schools and add another policeman to Grand Coulee’s department has been stopped, and grant funding for it turned down. Funded partially by a federal grant, the effort w... — Updated 1/3/2024

A plan to aid the police department in Grand Coulee was awarded a large federal grant that may help pay for a school resource officer, training, community engagement, and more. It’s the plan that officer Matt Gilbert pitched to h... — Updated 11/29/2023

A local chef approached the school board last week about the possibility of using a school classroom to teach cooking classes to the public for a fee if it wouldn’t go against a district policy. Patty Oliver, owner of PK’s Cul... — Updated 11/21/2023

A police officer pitched to the school board the idea of writing grants to get a “resource officer” into Lake Roosevelt Schools. Matt Gilbert, an officer with the Grand Coulee Police Department, spoke to the Grand Coulee Dam School... — Updated 11/21/2023

Public Notice City of Coulee Dam ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 812 – an ordinance fixing the amounts to be raised by Ad Valorem Taxes for the Year 2024. Ordinance 813 – setting salaries and wages for off... — Updated 11/15/2023

Christmas is in our heart and on our mind! Trees of Sharing 2023 is launching this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families in need by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Since the early 1980’s, the Tre... — Updated 11/15/2023

Christmas is in our heart and on our mind! Trees of Sharing 2023 is launching this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families in need by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Since the early 1980’s, the Trees of... — Updated 11/8/2023

The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Gloves, scarves, hats and other warm outerwear for children are also welcome. All items will be distributed to... — Updated 11/8/2023

NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors October 27, 2023 1:30 p.m. Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors will be holding a Special School Board... — Updated 10/26/2023

A discussion on a persistent problem with vaping at school turned into an opening conversation on how to solve that and other discipline problems for some students at Lake Roosevelt Schools. Layla Flett, a student representative... — Updated 10/11/2023

A month into the new school year, the school district in Grand Coulee Dam is teaching 23 fewer students than a year ago, the superintendent reported Monday night, but the Nespelem district has gained more than expected in its new,... — Updated 9/27/2023