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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Colville Confederated Tribes are considering changing their name and are welcoming input on the decision. A new section on the CCT’s website, titled “Reclaim The Name” at www.colvilletribes.com, has information on the name change, videos of tribal members weighing in on the topic, as well as a form to suggest a new name, or voice comments. So far about 60 people have submitted their thoughts on the matter, according to Meghan Francis, the public affairs officer for the CCT. The reason for the name change is that the current name, Colvi...
Coulee Dam voters will get a drop box Coulee Dam residents can look for ballot drop boxes to placed in town in the near future. Douglas County Auditor Thad Duvall visited the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday to explain that the county needs a place to put a drop box, which has been required by state law. Duvall said he’d been authorized to also ask for Okanogan County by that county’s auditor, Lori Thomas. The two counties used to operate a polling place at the town hall each election day. That ended in 1997, Duvall said. The town council vote... Full story
Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by Leha Bodeau are planning a blood drive for Monday, August 21. Donation hours will be from noon – 4:30 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! For more information contact Tina Lingo 509-981-7023....
You can almost hear the ground gasping with a slow, agonizing, parched voice, pleading for some water. A bit dramatic, I guess. Certainly, it has been dry around and in the Coulee. There were some recent isolated showers here and there, nothing to have any real effect. My home weather station hasn’t recorded any precipitation for 59 days as of this writing. Feast or famine, they say. For the month of July, I’ve measured two days exceeding the 100˚F mark — on the 6th, at 101.7˚F, and on the 7th, with 103.8˚. The low for the month was on the 1...
OLYMPIA – July 27, 2017 – With eight weekends left of summer and warm, dry weather in the forecast, Washington State Parks’ Boating Program wants paddlesports enthusiasts to be sure they understand boating laws and risks before they head out on the water. According to a 2015 report from The Outdoor Foundation, paddlesports use increased 14 percent between 2010 and 2014. Unfortunately, the number of fatalities also has increased with the rise in popularity of canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards (SUP) and other small craft. Last year’s Recreat...
Grand Coulee Police 8/8 - A man told police that someone had attempted to break into his apartment on Continental Heights. Officers could not find evidence to support the claim. 8/9 - Police noticed activity at a house on West Grand Coulee Avenue and talked with a man who used to live there. He said the place was under foreclosure but it was still in his name and he had returned to get some tools in the garage. - USBR Plant Protection was concerned about a person on a bicycle taking pictures of the dam. He told police that he was a...
US 2 roundabout construction begins on Thursday, Aug. 10 near Airway Heights and Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA – Construction of a multi-lane roundabout on US 2 just west of Airway Heights begins early Thursday, August 10. When all the construction lane restrictions are in place, US 2 will have two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane for the duration of the work. Lane restrictions will be in place 24/7. Drivers on US 2 between the Fairchild Air Force Base Main Gate and the Airway Heights city center should be a... Full story
There will be a new wave of enthusiasm when the Raiders of Lake Roosevelt’s football team take to Green Field this fall. There will be the old and the new, according to head football coach Bubba Egbert. He will be part of the new, as he takes over from former coach Loren Endsley, who resigned during the summer to take an assistant football coaching position at Eastern Oregon University. Fall practices begin next Wednesday, Aug. 16, with what could be a huge turnout. Over 40 have been participating in weight training and fitness programs d...
"Jolts & Volts." That's the name of the presentation that was put on Aug. 2 by the Pacific Science Center to about 50 kids at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School. Katie Wellens of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle made the presentation on electricity, explaining atoms, protons, neutrons, circuits, lightning, types of energy, and more. Wellens demonstrated with a small Tesla coil, invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891, how electricity can be conducted through the air without wires. A fluorescent...
Lincoln County sheriff deputies assisted Colville Tribal Police with a search warrant in Coulee Dam Tuesday morning, Sheriff Wade Magers said Tuesday night on Facebook. He said two suspects of common interest to the two jurisdictions were arrested on several felony crimes, including drug possession. He did not give other information on the Tuesday arrests. In other Lincoln County crime news, the sheriff also said two suspects plead guilty last week to attempted robbery of the Coulee Dam Credit Union branch in Creston last summer. Todd Miller...
A number of fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, the smoke from which has found its way to our area, and all over Washington, and is unhealthy to breathe. Over 100 fires are reported as burning in British Columbia, including some quite large ones. The main culprits for the smoke from BC appear to be the Hanceville-Riske Creek fires that have burned 331,000 acres; the Elephant Hill fire, which has burned 207,000 acres; the Quesnel West fire, which has burned 88,000 acres; and the Tautri Complex, which has burned...
Bank collecting school supplies, donations The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting backpacks and school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also being collected and will be used to purchase supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be received during August and September. No fires allowed at Lake Roosevelt Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited, effective 12:01 a.m., Friday, Aug. 11,... Full story
The Washington State Department of Transportation has nixed any change in the speed limit from Coulee Playland to the city limits of Grand Coulee. The Electric City council had the topic on its agenda Tuesday night, but a letter from the DOT answered the question before city officials had to deal with it. The request for the city to consider the change came from Ron Pulsipher, an Electric City resident, who wanted the speed limit changed so he could drive his ATV from the city to Grand Coulee on SR-155. At his request, the city staff put the...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District’s new “Study and Survey” is on its way to the state superintendent’s office. The document was prepared by Design West, the district’s architectural firm, and is an overview of the district and its building needs. There’s nothing new in the Study & Survey: It declares a need for more classroom space and a lack of financial resources to accomplish this. The Study & Survey is done every five years and is funded by the state. This year’s document was funded at the $6,500 level. “It will probably occupy space on...
Grant County Mosquito District 2 will meet in its new building Thursday night at 7 p.m. for the first time. The 40-foot by 80-foot, 3,200-square-foot building houses the district's chemical storage, its two pickups, a laboratory, a restroom with shower, and a small meeting room where the five commissioners will meet for their monthly meetings. Secretary of the five-member board of commissioners, Carl Russell, said the building cost $178,000, and was paid for with public tax funds. Commissioners...
The Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s Sky Rangers plan three events this week. Wednesday, at Spring Canyon, from 3-5 p.m., you can learn about the upcoming Aug. 21 solar eclipse. On Friday, Aug. 11, at Crescent Bay, rangers will be on hand with a variety of telescopes pointed to the sky. They will have new and larger telescopes so you can see Saturn, the moon and other deep-sky objects. Janice Elvidge, who leads the ranger group, reminds everyone that Friday’s program will be happening during the Perseid meteor shower time. On Sat...
Bicyclists on a cross-country journey stopped in Grand Coulee Aug. 1 on their way from Baltimore to Seattle. The group "4k for Cancer" is a fundraiser for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Doug Ulman was a young adult in college when he was diagnosed with cancer and found there weren't many services available for his age group, and so he and his family set up the organization in 1997. Ulman went on to be Chief Executive Officer of Livestrong, the cancer charity organization, until 2014...
Grand Coulee Police 7/26 - A delivery person who had turned into the Bureau of Reclamation administrative area was escorted by security personnel to the correct delivery location. Police were called to stand by. 7/31 - A man on Mead Avenue told police that he received a credit card in the mail and was concerned about the circumstances of the card. He told police that he would monitor the situation through his credit standing. - A resident of Goodfellow Avenue in Electric City told police that she saw two men looking into yards in the area. An...
An Omak man died in a car wreck just north of Nespelem Saturday night. The Washington State Patrol reports that Ronald R. Hance, 39, was driving a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup northbound on SR-155 when it left the road to the right about 12:41 a.m. The driver overcorrected and the pickup turned sideways, then left the roadway to the left, struck a guardrail and rolled. Hance was ejected when it rolled, and the pickup came to rest and caught fire. A passenger, Addie P. Simpson, 34, of Spokane Valley, was taken by ambulance to Coulee Medical Center....
A number of fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, the smoke of which has found its way to our area, and all over Washington, and is unhealthy to breathe. Over 100 fires are reported as burning in British Columbia, including some quite large ones. The main culprits for the smoke from BC appear to be the Hanceville-Riske Creek fires, being managed together, which have burned 331,000 acres; the Elephant Hill fire has burned 207,000 acres; the Quesnel West fire has... Full story
After a thief in the night stole their cash, credit cards, car and luggage a week ago, an Electric City couple were happy to have at least their car returned with only minor damage. "I'm so happy to have it back," Sherry Constantine said Monday of the 2009 Kia Borrego. "They didn't wreck our car, and it's fixable." On Tuesday the week before, Sherry and Don Constantine had been packed and ready to go on a vacation to Victoria, British Columbia. Their bags were by the door, as was her purse,... Full story
The latest craze in the coulee is painting rocks and placing them around the community. Two Facebook group pages titled "Rockin' the Coulee" and "Grand Coulee Rocks" advocate for people to paint rocks of all shapes and sizes, in whatever way they want, and to place them around the community. If you find a painted rock you can hide it again or take a picture to share on the Facebook page. And people are encouraged to paint rocks of their own. The craze is taking place nationwide, if not worldwide... Full story
An audit report made public last week is highly critical of the city of Grand Coulee’s books and states that prior “findings” still had not been corrected. State auditors issued a number of findings, the harshest assessment that auditors note, as they published a report July 27 for the two-year period from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2015. “Our two prior audits reported that the City of Grand Coulee did not have adequate controls over financial operations,” the auditor stated. “Our current audit found the City has not addressed many of the... Full story
The Senior Meals program offers free food to anyone at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. The food is received through Second Harvest from the local Safeway, as well as from Spokane, and from anyone who cares to donate. Second Harvest is an organization based in Spokane and the Tri-Cities that helps distribute about 2.5 million pounds of food each month to food banks in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Felix Marcolin, a volunteer at the senior center, logs in "at least" 20 hours a week... Full story
Sanity sighted in U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Tuesday released the following statement: “This committee will hold hearings beginning the week of September 4th on the actions Congress should take to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market so that Americans will be able to buy insurance at affordable prices in the year 2018. We will hear from state insurance commissioners, patients, governors, health care e... Full story