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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Multiple times per week, two local people drive hours away in pursuit of gaining life-saving aid for their community. Merlee Liberty and Mike Shear are undergoing extensive education in order to become paramedics. Liberty and Shear, who live in Coulee Dam and Electric City, respectively, both travel around two hours to school and work. Their graduation as paramedics will be in early June. At the same time, their community has also engaged in discussion about creating an emergency services...
by Scott Hunter Grand Coulee Dam School District teachers and staff pressed board members and administrators for clearer budget information and a different approach to staffing cuts during at Monday’s school board meeting, saying the current reductions are eroding morale and will ultimately harm students. Several elementary teachers described rising class sizes, increased responsibilities, and what they see as a lack of shared sacrifice between district office staff and those working directly with students. “I would like to see the real dat...
The day the fed rent-a-cops showed up at Gerhke Windmill Park and insisted that displaying a banner on Federal Government property, is a crime, and that they can confiscate my property (the banner), if I refused to remove it.... A family, not more than 30 yards away had placed a banner on that same property, attached to a structure... The Public often holds events in that public space and we place banners, signs etc, and the federal nazi goon squad never shows up and confiscates that display. In fact at Colorama weekend celebration, just days...
The Ridge Riders will once again be sponsoring a junior rodeo and co-sanctioning with Eastern Washington and Caribou Trail Jr. Rodeo Associations May 30th & 31st at the Ridge Rider Arena in Grand Coulee. Some 223 Contestants travel from all over the Pacific Northwest to attend these junior rodeos, which are becoming fewer and fewer due to rising costs, organizers say. The youth equestrian competition allows kids from ages 3 to 18 to learn and compete in core rodeo events in age-related...
Coulee Dam Police 5/18 - Police spoke to an Aspen Street resident about cutting down weeds on his property. - Police collected details about a BMX bike reportedly stolen out of a fenced-in front yard on Jackson Avenue. The bike is estimated to be worth around $600-$800. 5/19- 5/24 - Reports were filed without additional details, including reports related to: fraud in Electric City; theft on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee; a citizen assist on Banks Lake; disorderly conduct on Coulee Boulevard and Miller Avenue; and a suspicious or wanted person...
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group now holds its meetings Monday thru Friday @ 6 pm every night, at the Vets Center in Electric cCty. Wa. Need more info? Call Betty at 509-429-7817 . In Nespelem, the group Bound and Detemined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Hours The food bank regular hours are Fridays from, 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention Vets A Veterans Service Officer will be at the Electric City Post every 2nd Tuesday of...
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Grantor: MICHAEL TIPPS AND CORINNA TIPPS, HUSBAND AND WIFE Current Beneficiary of the deed of trust: WAFD BANK FKA WASHINGTON FEDERAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Trustee of the deed of trust: WASHINGTON SERVICES INC. Current mortgage servicer of the deed of trust: WAFD BANK Reference number of the deed of trust: 3244024 Parcel number(s): 25282920003 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Successor Trustee, NANCY K. CARY, will on June 26, 2026, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. at the front of the Douglas County A...
It’s hard enough to understand the difficulties the local school district finds itself in without making an argument that resorts to deliberately cherry-picking facts to color the origins of the problems in much darker hues than a clear picture would provide. For example, citing a chart that peaked with an anomalous high enrollment of 311 students higher than the current count gives a distinctly worse impression than a more accurate average of the seven prior years, which would tell you the district is down about 130-150 students from that aver...
All school districts face significant employee costs, increased insurance rates and inflation along with other major challenges. Many school districts get the same funding sources as the Grand Coulee Dam School District, but they are thriving. Why? It is due to advanced planning, foresight, knowledgeable leadership and gradually taking care of these issues over time before a crisis can develop. Our local elected School Board members, who have boasted they are good stewards, and their current superintendent have destroyed our local school...
Coulee Dam Police 5/10 - A Lincoln Avenue man reported seeing a neighbor’s dog chase after a man walking his small dog, prompting that man to pick up his own dog and run from the other dog. The reporting party said the dog is regularly a problem and isn’t properly trained. 5/11 - A Central Drive man told police that a woman stopped by and asked him to open her juice bottle. Police told him to ask her not to come around if he didn’t want her stopping by. - Police checked the VIN number of a dirtbike at the request of a Birch Street woman and s...
Jim died May 11, 2026 at 93 years of age. A life well lived. He was born to parents Spencer and Lucille Frost. He grew up on a ranch at the end of the road in Oakville with two younger brothers and horses. He was surrounded by a loving family and treasured friends, some of whom were life-long friends. After graduation from Oakville High School, he enlisted in the US AirForce and was stationed at Hickham AF Base in Hawaii on a flight crew that traveled to many foreign countries, creating experien... Full story
William "Bill" Henry Lindh, 80, of Elmer City, Washington, passed away peacefully on May, 7, 2026 with his bride of 59 years and family by his side. Bill was born on April 4th, 1946 in Coulee Dam, Washington. He grew up in Ephrata, Washington, graduating from the local high school in 1964. After starting college, Bill chose to voluntarily join the Navy, proudly serving his country in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. After returning from his service for his country, Bill went on to graduate from... Full story
Christopher William Fields was born on February 3, 1973, in Brewster, Washington, to Edward and Jan Fields. He grew up in Coulee City with his mother, Jan, stepfather, Rod Webster, and sister, Jennifer. Chris loved the outdoors and especially enjoyed fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping in the beautiful surrounding area. He was always happiest around a campfire, often tending and building it himself while spending time with family and friends. Chris attended school at Coulee-Hartline for most o... Full story
John Duresky stopped in Grand Coulee Friday on a trip to talk with people in the far north end of the Washington's Fourth Congressional District, which he'd like to represent in the other Washington. The longtime Democrat lists 37 years of government service to his credit, 10 of those working at Hanford after a career in the US Airforce where he attained the rank of major. Retired from all of that, when Duresky learned Dan Newhouse, the Republican currently representing the Fourth District, had...
Aaron Derr told the school board Monday that cuts to personnel were going drastically in the wrong direction to satisfy budget tightening needs in response to lowering enrollment. Derr, a teacher at Lake Roosevelt, said he'd used data from the state website for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the lead K-12 education agency in the state, or OSPI. The Grand Coulee Dam School District has lost 120 students in the last three years, he said, and OSPI recommends about the...
Grand Coulee Police 5/1 - Police spoke to three juveniles on Wetzel Street who had been wearing masks, going onto people’s properties, knocking on doors and running. Police explained how dangerous that can be to themselves, especially while wearing masks, and not to do it anymore. The juveniles said they wouldn’t do it anymore. - Police used AI to estimate the cost to repair damage to a 2025 Toyota Camry with two dents in it after being parked at Safeway. The costs of repairs were estimated to be between $555-$1,620. Security footage could hel...
With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of James Bailey, who died peacefully on May 7 at Coulee MedicalCenter at the age of 89. Jim was a true example of a life well lived, and he always felt a deep appreciation for everything he had been given, including the excellent care he received over the past months at CMC. Jim was a devout parishioner of St. Henry's Catholic Church, who said that he believed we should all live by the tenets of Jesus' "Sermon on the Mount". Locals know him from his... Full story
Please join us to celebrate the life of Willis Schrock on Saturday, May 16th at noon at the Grand Coulee Fire Department. Lunch will be served and if you wish to, you may bring a dessert for the potluck dessert table.... Full story
An early peek at a survey done by the Grand Coulee Dam School District to gauge feelings about the transition to a four-day school week for students indicates most parents are more pleased than not with the change, Superintendent Rod Broadnax says. Broadnax presented the school board the results so far at the last school board meeting April 27 and discussed it at an informal meeting with constituents at Voltage Coffee House the next morning during his bimonthly "Coffee with the Superintendent"...
Grand Coulee Police 4/21 - Police responded to The Moose Lodge area where a man was reported to be yelling and screaming in the street and urinating on a telephone pole before getting into the passenger seat of a vehicle. The responding officer was met with a “profanity laced” sentence when confronting the man. The man was clearly intoxicated, used obscene language and made obscene gestures. His friend came outside and said that she would take him home. Police warned that if he caused any more problems later, he would be arrested. 4/23 - An...
Please join us to celebrate the life of Willis Schrock on Saturday, May 16th at noon at the Grand Coulee Fire Department. Lunch will be served and if you wish to, you may bring a dessert for the potluck dessert table.... Full story
With hearts full of love and sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Joan Carlson Gardner, who passed away on April 28, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Joan was a woman of remarkable strength and beauty whose warm spirit touched everyone she met. Joan was born on January 11, 1955, in Yakima, Washington, to Carl and Beverly Carlson. The third of six children, she spent her early years in Seattle before her family relocated to Grand Coulee. She graduated from Lake Roosevelt... Full story
I'm Alyssa Bolyard, a 21 year old from Elk, Washington and it is my extreme pleasure to represent the community of Grand Coulee as the 2026 Colorama Pro Rodeo Queen. It's safe to say this isn't my first rodeo, as I was raised in the rodeo world! My favorite events are the roughstock events. I am a big fan of Wacey Schalla because he has such a good attitude and uses his losses as learning opportunities to keep pushing forward. When I'm not traveling the rodeo trail, you can find me in the high...
From a clown with a pet bull to a flyover scheduled for a C-17 air taker out of Airbase Lewis-McChord, the Ridge Riders Saddle Club's Colorama Pro Rodeo is bringing everything its volunteers can muster to the Grand Coulee Dam community's annual spring rite. That will include the Cletis Lacy Memorial Bull Riding on Thursday night, along with mutton busting and panty pulling business types (trying to get them on a cow!). By Monday morning, Ridge Rider President Wayne Fowler said, they had 19 bull...