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Nearly 50 people walked along Grand Coulee's Midway Avenue Saturday with signs expressing frustration with the direction of the federal government, about twice the size of the group that has been making the gathering a weekly event for weeks. They were joining a national push to make an impression across the country as millions hit the streets in cities large and small carrying signs and conversing about a range of complaints, from President Donald Trump's rapid changes to the federal... Full story
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The term “public health” takes in a lot of territory, and even in relatively less populated Grant County it takes a lot to do the job of watching out for the public’s health. This is public health week, and Grant County Health District met with local media last week to encourage some coverage and enhance understanding of just what’s involved. GCHD has a staff of 38 people in several departments, all working to keep our air and water clean, ensure our food is safe, prevent disease, and promote healthier communities. “From ensuring food safety th...
Reel Recreation will again offer their Triple Fish Challenge on Banks Lake this week, starting with Fun Friday on April 11 from 12-7 p.m., featuring a Pacific Seafood "trout pond," an Eastern Sky climbing wall, a Ninja climb, face painting, gold panning, golf and more. activities, live music and food booths. Then the challenge part starts in earnest on Saturday and Sunday, with anglers of all ages trying to catch three species of fish each day for a total of six fish and a grand prize of... Full story
Local cities and towns will help get the community cleaned up in the next couple weeks with the annual Spring Clean-up program. Local residents can take organic yard waste to the Delano Transfer Station free of charge on Tuesday through Friday, April 22-25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Saturday, May 3. No household waste is allowed on these days, just yard waste like grass, leaves and tree limbs and other woody waste, but no stumps. The chipper Loads must be covered for transport. ID is required to show you live in the area. The areawide...
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...
It only happens about every other year, but Community Shred Day is almost upon us. The local Rotary Club started organizing the event several years ago to bring in a paper shredding truck to get that job done right after tax-filing time means people have old records they no longer need but would like to shred, not just toss in the garbage. This year, the local Lions Club is joining in the effort, too. April 26 will be the day this year that people can head to North Dam Park by the Gerkhe Windmills to have their documents shredded, for free....
Grant County’s 2025 tax year statements on real, personal and manufactured homes, including those with delinquent taxes and assessments, were mailed March 28, county Treasurer Darryl Pheasant said in a statement. “We are also working on updated statements for those parcels that had changes that were processed after the original statements were created,” he added, explaining that new software had required making “some major changes to process tax payments. The combined statements of the past are no longer available so every parcel gets its own...
This story was updated at 10:24 a.m. EDT, April 8 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday said the Trump administration could continue for now to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out rapid deportations of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members — but they must be given a chance to challenge their deportations in court. The 5-4 decision, which lifted a temporary restraining order by a District of Columbia federal judge, will allow the Trump administration to deport Venezuelans 14 and older who are suspected of Tren de Ara... Full story
Three hospital leaders trekked to the other Washington last week to make the case at Congress for support of Coulee Medical Center. "During our meetings with Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Maria Cantwell, and Rep. Dan Newhouse we discussed CMC's workforce housing needs, overdose prevention efforts and recent success in increasing breast cancer screening, as well as the significance of federal Medicaid funding to maintaining accessible healthcare services in our region," Chief Executive Office Kelly...
When Sam Peterson got the call, it was already too late. The National Park Service was offering to give him his job back, but he'd taken a job in Oregon and three days earlier signed a lease on an apartment. He needed to follow through on the commitment. "We have bills," Peterson said, "and a dog." Peterson, 26, had just started as a federal employee in June 2024 and was still in probationary status in February when the Trump administration started its Valentine's Day Massacre of federal...
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...
The Washington state House passed its budget just after midnight on Tuesday, setting the stage for negotiations with the Senate and the governor on a spending blueprint to address a looming multi-billion dollar shortfall. The House approved the two-year $77.8 billion operating budget on a 54-44 vote in which five Democrats joined all Republicans in opposition. The decision followed a roughly six-hour debate in which majority Democrats rejected more than two dozen Republican amendments to curb taxes and fees, boost special education funding,...
A woman walking along SR-155 was struck by a car Wednesday night and later died at a Spokane hospital. Michelle Boord, 55, had been walking north along the shoulder of the road but moved into the roadway at milepost 22, about a half mile south of Electric City, according to the Washington State Patrol. She was struck by a northbound GMC Sierra just before 8 p.m., driven by a 73-year-old Grand Coulee woman. Alcohol was not involved in the accident, a WSP press memo indicates, and no charges were filed. Boord, who was living with relatives...
April 5 & 6, 1916, civic leaders, conservationists, and several government officials provided testimony before Congress in favor of the establishment of the National Park Service. Congress was debating the management of the growing system of national parks, that, up to this point, were being protected by the U.S. Army. Appropriations were sought to create a bureau of national parks and resorts, under the “supervision of a competent commissioner, with a suitable force of superintendents, supervising engineers, landscape architects, i...
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...
A sixth-grade teacher at Lake Roosevelt Elementary will leave to join her husband in Astoria, Oregon. The school board voted Monday to let her out of her contract to leave before the end of the school year. Ashley St. Aubin-Clark's husband, Sam Peterson, was a first-year National Park Service employee at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area when the Trump Administration started cutting federal jobs across government services, starting with employees in probationary status. St. Aubin-Clark...
You’ve no doubt noticed them: all the empty commercial buildings in Grand Coulee. Or maybe you’re so used to them you no longer notice. Either way, the city council is talking about a new approach to dealing with the problem of blighted properties — empty buildings that don’t get used but just deteriorate. “I know this could be controversial. I know it could upset some people,” said Councilmember Tom Poplawski. “But on the other hand, I think we need to get it out there and talk about it, because our city has a whole lot of vacant busine...
Community members fill Coulee Dam's town hall ballroom during the Elmer City fire department's pancake feed Saturday, where if ham, sausage, pancakes and eggs didn't fill you up, you also could get pie. The firefighters didn't hold the event last year, so people were looking forward to it this March. Member Brad Dudley said they expected to feed about 280 by the 8 p.m. closing time. - Scott Hunter photo...
Washington drivers would see higher gas taxes beginning this summer under transportation funding plans state House and Senate lawmakers unveiled Monday. The chambers approach what would be the first gas tax increase since 2016 a bit differently. The Senate’s proposal would raise the tax 6 cents per gallon, bringing it to 55.4 cents — not including the 18.4 cent federal rate. The state tax would then rise by 2% annually to account for inflation starting the following year. The House goes bigger, looking to raise the state tax 9 cents, and the...
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....
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,...
Staff of Congressman Dan Newhouse will be at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee Tuesday from 11-1 for their "Mobile Office Hours," which "are an opportunity for my staff to engage with constituents on casework issues in parts of the district that do not have convenient access to one of my district offices," Newhouse stated in a Facebook post Monday. An original poster accompanying the post did not initially include the Grand Coulee meeting in its list of meeting places and so was deleted and... Full story
March 18, 2025 WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has begun the process of reinstating tens of thousands of fired federal workers, though most are just being placed on administrative leave as the government cites the "burdens" of rehiring, court filings reviewed by States Newsroom show. The documents also show, agency by agency, the wide swath of firings that swept across the federal government in February and early March. A federal judge in Maryland last week ruled the recent terminations... Full story
GRAND COULEE — As of Tuesday night, they hadn’t had to answer a call to a fire since Feb. 18, but the volunteers at the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department has responded to 11 fires since Jan. 1, Chief Ryan Fish reported to the city council last night. The ambulances has been on the road much more, rolling 37 times in January, 40 in February, and 23 so far in March. Out of those 100 calls, 47, nearly half, of them were to patients who ended up not being transported by ambulance. Whole council up for election All four of Grand Coulee’s city...