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  • Celebrating 50th wedding aniversary

    May 22, 2024

    Bob and Diane Babler of Grand Coulee will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday May 25th, 2024 with a family gathering in Spokane. They were married at the Community Church in Coulee Dam on May 25th 1974. Both are retired from the Bureau of Reclamation. They have two children: Justin (Heather) Babler of Eltopia, Washington and Sarah (Wade) Alling of Grand Coulee. They have 5 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren. Congratulations Mom and Dad!...

  • Celebrating 50th anniversary

    Oct 26, 2022

    Bob and Sandy Hendrickson of Coulee Dam will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, October 27, 2022. The couple has lived in the local area since 1985 and have been generously involved in the lives of others in the community ever since. They are happy to call the Coulee Dam area home and enjoy spending time with their four boys and 12 grandchildren. Their example of love, dedication, and commitment to each other is a direct reflection of their faith in God and trust in Jesus...

  • White accepts auditor position

    Oct 19, 2022

    Former resident Areielle L. White, recently accepted a position with the State of Washington as a state auditor. The 2016 graduate of Lake Roosevet High School graduated “Cum Laude” from EWU December 10, 2022 with a BA in Business Adminnistration/Professional Accounting and a BA in Finance. White is the daughter of Tracy White and granddaughter of Donna White, both formerly of the Grand Coulee Dam area....

  • Sharing seventy-five big ones

    Sep 14, 2022

    Lorale (Logue) Johnson, Ben Logue and Linda (Iannetta) Logue are celebrating being 75 years old together. Growing up on Camas Street in Coulee Dam, Linda and Lorale were best friends. In high school, Ben and Linda started dating and later married, with Linda going from best friend to Lorale's sister....

  • Summer pleasures

    Aug 31, 2022

    Remmi Cruz enjoyed the watermelon at last weekend's annual Moose Picnic at North Dam. The turnout was larger than ever with great food, drinks and fun. - Gwen Hilson photo...

  • Coulee Cops

    Apr 20, 2022

    Grand Coulee Police 4/11 - A man reported about $1,000 worth of stuff taken from his vehicle parked at Williams Avenue including numerous tools and a subwoofer speaker. 4/12 - Police received a license plate that had been lying in Spokane Way. Police were unable to find any contact information for the registered owner and placed the plate into an evidence locker. - An officer helped a tribal officer restrain a patient at the hospital, an inmate at a tribal jail, who was kicking while being restrained. 4/13 - At almost midnight, police...

  • Coulee Cops

    Apr 6, 2022

    Grand Coulee Police 3/28 - A man may face trespassing charges after staring at people through the window of the gym on Coulee Boulevard. The man had been banned from the business previously. 3/29 - A woman putting makeup on while in the middle of the road on Alcan Road was told to stay out of the roadway. 3/30 - Police spoke to a man who parked a trailer on private property on King Street. The man said he would get the trailer back soon after a friend’s truck tire got fixed. Police said the owner could request to have it towed, but the man said...

  • Coulee Cops

    Mar 23, 2022

    Grand Coulee Police 3/14 - A woman was reported as taking scrap metal from inside a fenced area at the Delano Transfer Station, then walking towards the PUD building. Police spoke to a man walking on trails near the PUD building and noted that he had a dryer cord wrapped around himself. The transfer station manager said he couldn’t describe an additional suspect. He also told police he wouldn’t want to press charges if police found the woman because it likely wouldn’t make a difference. 3/17 - Police spoke to two women who had pushed and shove...

  • The play must, and did, go on

    Mar 23, 2022

    Friends and family watch as Lake Roosevelt Schools' student actors perform in the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "The Emperor's New Clothes" last weekend on the gymnasium stage. The troupe was contracted by the local PTA to audition the kids on Monday, then put on a play by the end of the week. It all happened, despite school being closed to students for two days last week due to a threat later found to be not credible. - Rebecca Hunt photo...

  • What's a buttercup?

    Mar 23, 2022

    It's not official, but we're pretty sure Aila Turner is our youngest buttercup finder so far. Dad Ian Turner shared this photo of Aila with a buttercup she "found" in Douglas County seen here just left of her right knee on March 5....

  • Williams graduates from EWU

    Jun 30, 2021

    Hannah Lee Williams recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and a minor in Applied Developmental Psychology. Williams was on the Dean's List with a 3.57 gpa. She had Institutional Honors of Cum Laude and was also a part of the LOTA Beta Honors Society for Social Work. She is going to continue her education though the advanced standing masters program at EWU. Williams a 2017 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, is the daughter of...

  • Pleasant pastime

    Apr 14, 2021

    Ellen Arment, now of Spokane, creates giant bubbles at the overlook just below the top of Grand Coulee Dam Thursday while her sister, Alice Bartley (not pictured), plays the recorder a few feet away. The pair have been doing this in various places for 30 years, offering wonder and beauty with their two pastimes. Cars passing by honked after drivers realized what they were seeing. Ellen said bringing a little joy to someone's day is their motivation. The two grew up in Coulee Dam, and Alice has...

  • 25 years of safety delivers high honor

    Sep 2, 2020

    Brian Buche, center, is flanked by his fellow UPS workers and a supervisor from Omak, Anthony Popelier, left, Aug. 25, as Buche is inducted into the UPS Circle of Honor for 25 years of safe driving. Only 2% of drivers worldwide earn that honor. Company officials hung Buche's name on a plaque at the company's museum in Seattle as Buche and coworkers watched via Zoom from the Grand Coulee facility, a method used only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He and his wife Kelly also got a virtual tour...

  • Flukes have a girl

    Aug 5, 2020

    Kaitlyn and Andrew Fluke of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Luna Rose Fluke born Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes Raven. Maternal grandparents are Shawn and Shawn P. Traxler. Paternal grandfather is Miles Fluke. Great-grandparents are Mike and Nancy Merrill, Betty Beale, Harry and Robin Traxler and Don and Dora McGuire....

  • Lake Roosevelt Jr./Sr. High honor roll for second semester

    Aug 5, 2020

    Lake Roosevelt Jr./Sr. High honor roll for second semester High Honors 3.500 TO 4.000 Grade Point Average Seniors - Megan Abel, Ellie Hansen, Wensdae Antoine, Brianna Whybark, Damian George, LorRinda Richardson, Nicholas Engeseth, Madisyn Toulou, Alexia Ryan, Brianna Stanger, Keziah Stice, Kyle Edmo, Joshua Thomas, Patrick Hevener, Jonathan Cante’ Jordan Flett, Tahrae Bear Eagle, Christian LaPlante, Allison Nomee, Kyla Wells, and Abbiggale Murray Juniors - Vanessa Ankney, Blossom Armstrong, Lillie LaPlace, Heatherly Budravage, Bryn Chaffee, Rav...

  • An art lesson and much more

    Jul 15, 2020

    While at her grandparents' home in Grand Coulee in June, Aidan Bjorklund re-enacts a famous painting for her sixth-grade art assignment at Greenacres Middle School in Spokane Valley. "She wanted to do Rosie the Riveter, so while she was here making face masks we decided to do a 'civic-19' version," said her grandmother, Sue Bjorklund, who said her other grandchildren, including Mia Bjorklund and Carly Neddo, have also visited to make face masks and send them off to family members in New York,...

  • Sanford's to Celebrate 55 Years of Marriage

    Jul 8, 2020

    Delmar and Linda Sanford of Grand Coulee, Washington, will be celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary on July 10. They were married on July 10, 1965, in Coulee Dam, Washington. They have two sons: David (Taunya) and Kyle (Jody) Sanford; four grandchildren Stetson (Miranda), Colt, Tucker (Whittni) and Brooklyn, and one great-granddaughter, Jersey. Del and Linda continue to make Grand Coulee their home. Both retired as school teachers from the Grand Coulee Dam School Distric... Full story

  • Local doctor caps a message for creativity during crisis

    Jacob Wagner|May 6, 2020

    We are all frontline workers, a local doctor says, and we need to be creative in our lives. Dr. Sam Hsieh, a general surgeon and chief of staff at Coulee Medical Center, has given out over 100 caps with a special Chinese character on the front within an imperfect frame and the word "#Frontline" on the back. Hsieh's goal is to give the caps, made by Sunflower Graphics in Grand Coulee, out to all the health care workers at CMC. The symbol, according to a letter Hsieh gives out with the caps,... Full story

  • Longtime church leaders say goodbye

    Scott Hunter|Apr 29, 2020

    After helping build a community of faith for decades, a longtime local couple recently made the "heart-wrenching" decision to move away to start their retirement. Steve and Janice Archer directed the final effort to load a 24-foot moving van in front of their Coulee Dam home Saturday, as friends, neighbors and Faith Community Church members packed more into the truck than they'd thought could fit. Pastor Steve Archer delivered his first sermon to the young church that recruited him in 1984, on...

  • First-ish flower

    Feb 26, 2020

    Hunter Piccinini and Clair Diehl point out a buttercup they found Saturday near Electric City's water reservoir. Ross Vordahl, actually found one in more wintery conditions Feb. 2, when he saw just one in a hike of over two miles. - Rose Piccinini photo...

  • Quite a valentine

    Feb 19, 2020

    Brad Oliver proposes to Patty Davis at the conclusion of her PK's Culinary Valentines Day dinner weekend Saturday night. The local businessman involved in the Wine Bar and Coulee Internet said Davis, a chef who grew up locally and came back to open her business, makes him want to be a better human. Then he bent his knee in front of 22 guests to present her a ring. She said yes. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Zlateffs celebrate Fiftieth anniversary

    Nov 20, 2019

    Danny and Linda Zlateff of Grand Coulee, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary November 22, 2019. The high school sweethearts were married at the Coulee Dam Community Church on November 22, 1969. They lived in the Grand Coulee Dam Area most of their lives. Danny worked for the National Park Service and Coulee Medical Center and Linda was a hairdresser and worked for the Coulee Dam TV Association. The couple has two sons Craig and Scott, and two grandchildren.... Full story

  • Cool to be cool

    Oct 16, 2019

    Gary Martin crosses North Dam on a workout Monday evening, taking in a fall sunset at the same time. Although fall is considered by many to be a favorite season locally, knowing the weather can help. Find our forecast on page 8. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Mangis retires after decades at Ford firms

    Scott Hunter|Sep 25, 2019

    When Wade Jess took over the local Ford dealership from Carlson Motors, he thought mechanic Dick Mangis might be "the first to go," because of a sly smirk he'd detected at an initial employee meeting. But Jess was 26 then, "and I'm an idiot kid," he said, noting the irony that he now looks back on Mangis' years of "dedication" and "loyalty" as an employee who even rode out winter storms at the business. "That's how dedicated he is." Jess made those remarks at a retirement party for Mangis at La...

  • Dukes of hazards

    Scott Hunter|Sep 18, 2019

    Rotary club members Paul Turner, left, and James Heuvel help out at the Grant County Household Hazardous Waste Collection event Friday at the Delano Transfer Station. - Scott Hunter photo...

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