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A couple months after she and her husband John, moved here in 2010, Carol Nordine had found the local food bank. She's been volunteering at the Care and Share Food Bank ever since, the last seven years as its manager. Just in time to see a growing need. A roomful of volunteers and friends gathered at La Presa Saturday to honor that service, eat, and enjoy each other's company. Shawn Neider also volunteers at the food bank, as well as pastoring the Zion Lutheran Church. He recalled the growth...
Coulee Dam’s police chief published a statement Monday asking people to report crimes to police, not just post it on Facebook. “If we don’t know about it, we can’t do anything about it,” noted Chief Paul Bowden. Bowden said the don’t consider Facebook posts as a proper way to report police issues. “This is a reminder to PLEASE report any criminal or suspicious activity such as thefts, car prowls, break- ins, etc. directly to the Police Department by calling MACC Dispatch at 1-888-431-9911.” Bowden also addressed comments he’s heard that there...
The Missoula Children's Theatre will audition local students for parts in their upcoming play, "Pinochhio" on Monday, March 3, at 3:30 p.m. in the Lake Roosevelt gym in Coulee Dam. The company is looking for students in grades 1 through 12, or 6 to 18 years old. The MCT will audition its actors on Monday, rehearse them all week after school, then put on the play on Friday, March 7, at 4 and 6:30 p.m., also in the gym. Anyone interested in helping to put on the production can volunteer by...
An ice fisher plies his pastime Friday evening on Banks Lake ice near the feeder canal through which the Bureau of Reclamation planned to pump water into the lake beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday. That could make the ice unstable, and Reclamation urged people to stay off the ice. But late Saturday afternoon, ice fisher's tents were lined up at the edge of the ice. - Scott Hunter photo...
Holly Koon struggles every day in her 9th-grade biology classes to help students achieve, but sometimes it seems like a losing battle. Chronic absenteeism, growing class sizes and fewer classroom helpers all get in the way of student learning, she said. "All students can absolutely learn, and they can learn to standard," she said. "I have a biology class right now with 36 students in it; I have one instructional aid. How do you – in 60 minutes a day – individualize and support all 36 stu...
March 2, 1899 Mount Rainier National Park was established when President William McKinley signed federal legislation. Originally called Tacoma or Tahoma by generations of Northwest Native Americans, the peak was named after British Admiral Peter Rainier. The first European to see the volcanic peak was explorer George Vancouver in 1792. A century later, naturalist John Muir visited the Mount Rainier region. He recommended that it be designated a national park. Following the designation as a national park, some critics charged the act was merely...
After a vandal hit Grand Coulee City Hall Jan. 4, the city was left with cleanup and repairs. Those are coming in at about $74,000 to fix broken windows, damaged floors and walls, office equipment and police cars parked outside. The city council Tuesday night OK’d spending $13,450 on new windows, including a couple not damaged in the incident but old enough to be replaced with more energy-efficient windows. The council also voted to declare surplus five of those now-unused police vehicles outside, which had served the police department when it...
Ice fishers and other recreators are urged to stay off the ice on Banks Lake, which will soon become unstable if it isn't already. The Bureau of Reclamation at Grand Coulee Dam will begin pumping water into Banks Lake, beginning Saturday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. This influx of water may result in unstable ice conditions that present serious safety risks to all ice fishers and recreationists, Reclamation announced this week. The change in operation will conclude on Monday, Feb. 24, at 6 a.m.... Full story
Olivia gets a gentle send off by her mom at North Dam Park Sunday evening. The 5-year-old was undeterred by the increasing presence of grass amid the snow that had been several inches thick earlier in the day. From Thursday on, we're heading into a warming trend in the next week. Check the weather prediction on page 3. - Scott Hunter photo...
Results of the school levy election last week remain nearly unchanged since election night with the levy passing with a 5.26% margin, 574-517. Proposition 1, the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s proposal to replace its expiring levy with a new one at the end of this year, will tax property owners about $2.13 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. County canvassing boards must certify the election on Friday, Feb. 21....
Elmer City residents may notice their city bill gets a boost next month. Effective March 1, each service will cost another $1, following the passage Thursday of an ordinance increasing the monthly fee for garbage, water and sewer service by a dollar each for the bill that comes due in April. The council also passed an ordinance instituting an ongoing, planned utility rate rise of 1.5% every year, beginning in 2026. Both the $1 rise this year and the future 1.5% annual increase starting next year were discussed during council budget discussions...
The Washington State Patrol will soon have a new tool to catch drivers speeding through highway work zones. Starting in a few weeks, a speed camera mounted on an orange trailer will rotate through work zones across Washington in a bid to keep workers safe on state highways. State officials showed off the new technology in a press conference Wednesday. The camera will look for cars going over the speed limit and take pictures of the vehicle and its license plate. You don’t have to smile; the photos won’t capture faces. Captured information will...
Citizens unhappy with the direction of the federal government under President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads up the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, marched with signs Monday from noon to 1 p.m. along Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee. A week earlier, Sheri Edwards had walked the route alone. On Monday, President's Day, the number climbed to 13 like-minded people. Several said they were pleasantly surprised by positive responses, and no negative ones, from passersby honking horn...
Seven people were involved in a two-car crash Saturday near the top of Grand Coulee Dam on SR-155. Three were injured and taken to Coulee Medical Center. According to a Washington State Patrol press memo, a 2007 Black BMW driven by Aidan Palmanteer, 18, Grand Coulee, was headed south at 4:51 p.m. when it crossed the center line into the northbound lane, striking a 2004 Nissan Armada. Both cars were totaled. The Nissan, driven by Jesus Llamas, 48, Grand Coulee, was also carrying four passengers: a 10-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl, a...
February 21, 1942, only 76 days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Julius Otto Kuehn was found guilty of spying and sentenced to be executed. In November 1941, Kuehn had offered to sell intelligence on U.S. warship movement in the area of Hawaiian to the Japanese. Kuehn was a member of the Nazi party and arrived in Hawaii in 1935. The FBI was suspicious of him and his contacts with Germans and Japanese. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the FBI raided the Japanese Consulate and found officials burning reams of paper. Those...
A tax levy to support local schools was passing by about a 5% margin Tuesday night. Proposition 1, the Grand Coulee Dam School District's proposal to replace its expiring levy with a new one at the end of this year, seeks to tax property owners $2.13 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. In the four counties the district serves, the proposal was passing by 422-383 votes Tuesday, that is, by about 52.42%. The measure needs a simple majority to pass. If it were up to Lincoln County voters, it would...
About 1,500 protesters swarmed the Capitol in Olympia Feb. 5 to protest Trump administration policies on immigration, LGBTQ+ rights and plans laid out in Project 2025, a conservative playbook for slashing the size of government. The protest was part of a nationwide effort to stage rallies in every state capital on the same day. Most attendees said they learned of the planned protest through social media and word of mouth. Olympia resident Rita Homan said her daughter told her and decided to...
One woman walked through Grand Coulee Wednesday in solidarity with demonstrators in state capitals across the country decrying actions taken by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency over the last few weeks. Sheri Edwards, a retired schoolteacher (and this writer's wife) decided Monday that she would join the protests, but not at Olympia, here locally. Edwards carried a sign that said, "Love thy neighbor as thyself. You and I are neighbors" and, on the other...
They served pink cookies to go with their pink shirts Monday morning to help celebrate a big gift to Coulee Medical Center and the difference it will make in local detection of breast cancer. After a promotional blitz with a theme of "Now Screening" designed to look like a cinematic release, CMC officials officially cut the ribbon on a new 3D mammography machine. "Early detection is crucial in the fight against breast cancer, and this new equipment will provide higher-quality images, reduce...
How much do people pay to support their local schools? After a fundraising dinner cooked entirely by the school's culinary arts students, citizens in Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High's HUB Thursday took in those facts and more on the upcoming school levy election. Cory Plager, of D.A. Davidson, a bonding company involved in building schools across the state, shared information he gathered from officials in counties included in the Grand Coulee Dam School District and from the state. "This is no opinion... Full story
Some far-off rodent in another state indicated this week that we'd have six more weeks of winter when he saw his shadow on Feb. 2. Oh, well, not so bad if we can occasionally take in a view like this sunset over Steamboat Rock, is it? - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Students, parents, educators and activists with the advocacy group Billion Dollar Bake Sale gathered outside the Legislative Building in Olympia Jan. 30 to demand more money for public schools. "Fund our schools, no more crumbs," students chanted as they expressed frustrations over current school funding. The group wants an additional $3 billion for education, well above the $1.3 billion in the proposed budget of former Gov. Jay Inslee. Huda Hamed, a seventh grader in the Seattle Public School...
A person died in an early-morning fire Monday when a home at the corner of B Street and Second Street in Grand Coulee burned. Fire Chief Ryan Fish said the single-wide mobile home was fully engulfed the first time he saw it, and he lives across the street. Citizens called it in at 5:24 a.m. They also "took actions to save two dogs from the yard," a Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department press release states. Fish was at the scene at 5:29. Fish called for response from the U.S. Bureau of...
Superintendent Rod Broadnax’s contract with the Grand Coulee Dam School District he leads was just extended by his bosses — the elected school board directors. The board met in a closed session during part of Monday night’s regular meeting to evaluate their employee, then emerged to take a vote, which was unanimous among those present. Director Buffy Nicholson was absent. Broadnax’s three-year contract was extended one year ago, when he was given a pay increase to $160,000 a year, plus cost of living increases. Monday’s action extends i...
During the coldest months of the year, home heating equipment kicks into high gear, and space heaters are most often responsible for home heating equipment fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NFPA reports that an average of 45,800 home heating fires occurred each year between 2015 and 2019, resulting in 480 civilian deaths, 1,350 civilian injuries, and $1 billion in property damage. In Washington state, fires started by home heating are the third leading...