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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...
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....
Thomas (Tom) M. Nieberding of Westlake, OH passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025 at the age of 78. He was born on August 26, 1946 in Cleveland, OH. He grew up on West 187th Street in Cleveland, OH and Usher Road in Olmsted Falls, OH. In his adult life he lived in Texas, Wisconsin, Washington and Ohio. Tom was and always will be a proud Marine who served as a Corporal in Vietnam. He graduated from Cleveland State University in 1977 with a degree in Engineering. He worked for the Bureau of...
Coulee Dam Police 3/17 - A report was filed related to an assault on Fir Street with further information unavailable. 3/19 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted Grand Coulee police in responding to a report of an intoxicated man attempting to get into cars at a gas station on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee. The man was getting into the faces of police officers and so was put in wrist restraints, which he allegedly resisted to some extent. His demeanor would fluctuate between wanting to fight to saying he loved the officers. He was going to be taken to...
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,...
Coulee Dam Police 3/10-3/13 - Police filed reports for separate cases without further details. The reports include cases related to disorderly conduct on 4th Street in Electric City; an animal problem on Birch Street in Coulee Dam; harassment on Gold Street in Electric City; an unclassified overdose on Wenatchee Avenue in Grand Coulee; an assault on 4th Street in Electric City; a family fight at an SR-174 address; and trespassing on Cedar Street in Coulee Dam. 3/11 - While teaching a math class at Lake Roosevelt, a man set his phone down and th...
TOPS WA 1524 Grand Coulee Dam honored its best losers for 2024 in early March. Cindy Johnson lost 19.2 pounds and Jeri Anderson lost 17 pounds. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a non-profit support group helping members reach their goals with lifestyle changes to live a healthier life. TOPS celebrates its 77th birthday this year. For every pound you lose it takes 4 pounds of pressure from your knees and 6 pounds of pressure from your hips. We meet every Tuesday at 9 am at the Art Room of the Senior Center. You are welcome to join us. Visit...
GCD School District CALL FOR BIDS The Grand Coulee Dam School District hereby calls for bids for the following surplus items: Bus Number: 121 Year: 2013 Make: International Mileage: 92,042 Co9ndition: Good/Ok Condition, Runs Bids can be sent to: Grand Coulee Dam School District, 110 Stevens Ave. Coulee Dam, WA 99116. -Please state “bids” on the envelope. -Bids will close on Wednesday March 26th @ 4:00 p.m. -Any questions contact Wade Magers, Transportation Supervisor at wmagers@gcdsd.org (Publish March 12 and 19, 2025) VACANCY ON ELECTRIC CIT...
As a cast of 42, local students and a couple Missoula Children's Theatre staffers (on each end) take their bows at the end of "Pinocchio" Friday afternoon. The MCT was brought to town by the Grand Coulee Dam Parent Teacher Organization. They audition the kids on Monday, practice after school all week, then present the resulting production at the end of the week in the Lake Roosevelt gym. MCT staffers bring all the props, costumes and sets. PTO's Lee Seekins and Rebecca Hunt were musical...
Some students might get to ride on a battery-powered bus sometime next year, if a grant application is accepted by the bus manufacturer. Grand Coulee Dam School District Transportation Director Wade Magers presented the school board Monday with the option to go electric with one bus in a little over 10 months. Magers said there are pros and cons to getting one, but the financial aspect of the application makes it attractive. Magers said the IC Electric School Bus (ESB) should go about 130 miles on a charge and recharge fully in about eight...
The nonprofit federal administration that provides one-third of the Northwest’s electricity is preparing to part ways with its current Western energy market and sell its excess energy to companies and electric cooperatives as far away as Louisiana. Bonneville Power Administration officials announced in a draft policy proposal released Wednesday that they intend to leave the California-controlled “real-time” market they’ve participated in since 2022 and join a new “day-ahead” energy market based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. The move sparke...
Grand Coulee Police 2/8 - The driver of a Dodge Ram said he was at fault when making a left turn into Safeway and hitting a Ford F-350 owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The driver said he had not been paying proper attention and had been suffering from a headache. He was cited for failure to yield as well as for driving without insurance. He parked his vehicle illegally in a handicap stall in the Safeway parking lot, saying he’d have it moved soon. The vehicle was still there a week later, however, and police c...
Stub Owhi gets a special award at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors, including Chair Shannon Nicholson, left, and Buffy Nicholson, her nieces, and Superintendent Rod Broadnax. Owhi has been attending boys' and girls' basketball games, all of them, for five years to support her grandchildren athletes. She's been taking team photos at the end of every game this year. - submitted photo...
NOTICE INVITING BIDS OWNER: Grant County Port District #7 P.O. Box 616, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 Separate Sealed BIDS for the: Grand Coulee Dam Airport – Electric City, Washington Install AVGAS Fuel Tank FAA AIP 3-53-0025-019-2025 will be received by the Owner at the Office of the Airport Manager at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport, Ludolph Road, Electric City, Washington 99123 until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, and then at said location and time, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids submitted by mail should be sent to: Grant County Port D...
Bureau of Reclamation employees at Grand Coulee Dam who had accepted the “fork in the road” offer of deferred retirement, expecting to stop working on March 7, instead got a memo Monday morning telling them to clear out by the end of the day, March 3. No reason was given for the rush, but the emailed instructions from Boise, the Columbia Pacific Northwest Region headquarters, had an air of resignation about it: “Big change in the DRP rules as of 10:37am this morning,” the email began, explaining that all Deferred Resignation Program participant...
I have flown several thousand miles in commercial jets, but small planes are my preference. My first small plane ride was here in Grand Coulee and my last was also from here. In the mid 1950’s I was a lumber grader in the planing mill above the dam. I worked for a man named Kirkpatrick. Only the old timers will likely remember either. I worked with a guy who claimed to be an Alaska bush pilot, and he had his own plane here. He told stories of landing in berry patches that stained the underside of his plane. When he invited me to go flying w...
Coulee Dam Police 2/24-2/26 - Numerous reports were filed without further information describing the situations including: a traffic offense on Camas Street; a “suspicious death” in Electric City; a “suspicious or wanted” case at or near the movie theater; a citizen assist on Jackson Avenue in Electric City; a citizen assist on Tulip Street; a disturbance on Mead Way; a family fight on Center Street in Grand Coulee; and a family fight at the Grand Coulee Dam. 2/26 - An 18-year-old man reported that he fell for a trick on social media app Sna...
James "Jack" Talmadge Haydock, born September 18, 1924, in Everett, Washington, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2025, in Monroe, Washington, at the age of 100. A true character with a steering wheel in his hands from the start, Jack lived a century packed with grit, laughter, and tales that could fill a book. A proud World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Navy from May 1943 to March 1946 aboard the USS San Juan, surviving 9 major campaigns in the Pacific Theater: the Gilbert...
Edward Raymond Fields, beloved brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2024, at the age of 72 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Surrounded by his loving children, Ed left this world after a brave battle with cancer. Born on October 3, 1952, in Spokane, Washington, Ed was the son of Betty and William Eugene "Gene" Fields. He grew up in the Grand Coulee area with his siblings Gene, Robert, and Sara. From an early age, Ed was known for his...
NOTICE INVITING BIDS OWNER: Grant County Port District #7 P.O. Box 616, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 Separate Sealed BIDS for the: Grand Coulee Dam Airport – Electric City, Washington Install AVGAS Fuel Tank FAA AIP 3-53-0025-019-2025 will be received by the Owner at the Office of the Airport Manager at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport, Ludolph Road, Electric City, Washington 99123 until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, and then at said location and time, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids submitted by mail should be sent to: Grant County Port D...
Now that the recently completed special election results are certified, the Grand Coulee Dam School District (GCDSD) Board of Directors wants to express our deep appreciation and thanks to our community for supporting our schools by voting to approve our replacement school levy. Your continued financial support remains essential to the quality and future success of our programs, staff and, most importantly, our students at Lake Roosevelt schools. The passing of this levy will enable our School District to continue to provide a varied and...
Coulee Dam Police 2/17 - A report was filed related to a burglary in the Wenatchee Avenue area of Delano with further details unavailable. - A Coulee Dam officer assisted a Grand Coulee officer respond to a man experiencing cardiac arrest on Cardinal Road in the Delano area. The officers performed chest compressions on the patient who was then loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital. 2/20 - An officer saw a car being driven by a driver who had already been warned for driving with a suspended license. The officer followed him and...
Ray and Linda Duclos recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. The couple married on February 13, 1960 in Clarkston, Wash. They moved to the Grand Coulee Dam Area in 1976 buying the grocery store in Coulee Dam. They have five children: Krayton, Korlyn, Klendon and Keever; 17 grandkids; 25 great-grandkids and 1.75 great-great-grandkids (due in April)....
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....
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....