Scott Hunter

Grand Coulee is putting owners of empty buildings on notice. The city council passed Ordinance 1105 last month, after several months of discussion, to require owners of vacant buildings to register them with the city, which could at some point start leveling initially small penalties. “Once again, we’re not trying to go after anybody here,” said Councilmember Tom Poplawski. “It’s to gain some awareness that we’d like to see the city look a little nicer.” Poplawski first introduced the idea in March 2025, when he brought council...

Trees of Sharing committee

This year, Christmas packages were available for pickup for seventy-one children in 32 families at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Senior Center on Saturday, Dec. 20 thanks to this community’s participation in Trees of Sharing 2025. Many thanks to contributors and volunteers who supported this project by making cash donations or purchasing and wrapping gifts for children who might not have otherwise received one this season. Trees of Sharing cannot happen without your active involvement. Each year we count on and extend special appreciation to...

John M. Adkins

As a longtime community member and taxpayer, I hope that it is now obvious to others in our area that the crisis the Grand Coulee Dam School District is in was totally preventable. This should be unacceptable to all of us. The crisis is much bigger than very poor fiscal decisions. It is a culmination of multiple systems in the organization being mismanaged due to a significant lack of expertise, best practices and on-going reactive management instead of successful preventive collaborative leadership. The upper brass and their hired hand have...

Dick Polman

Leave it to MAGA Republicans to ring out the old year with one last blast of craven stupidity. Mike Johnson’s House crew apparently assumed releasing Jack Smith’s recent secret testimony in the midst of holiday festivities would somehow ensure nobody would notice the ex-special counsel eviscerated his hapless inquisitors, leaving no doubt he had abundant ammo to paint Trump as a criminal in a federal court of law. Trump and his House toadies tried everything to stack the deck against Smith. He wanted a public hearing, but was refused....

January 10, 1861, delegates of the Florida Convention voted to secede from the United States of America. In February 1861, Florida was one of six Deep South states to form the Confederate States of America. Though, during the Civil War, Florida witnessed little military action. The least populous state below the Mason-Dixon line, Florida played an active role in the Civil War. Approximately 17,000 Floridians fought in the war between the states. The state’s coastline provided blockade runners safe harbor. Florida’s products like sugar,...

MANCHESTER, NH — Dominique Pleasants of Coulee Dam has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Fall 2025 President’s List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 or above are named to the list. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. SNHU is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution with a 93-year history of educating traditional-aged students and working adults. Now...

Fire District to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, January 12, 2026, at 6:00pm at the Electric City Fire Station. Mosquito District to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, January 8th, 2026 at 5:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group now holds its meetings Monday thru Friday @ 6 pm every night, at the Vets Center in Electric cCty. Wa. Need more info? Call Betty at 509-429-7817 . In...

The Ladies of Zion and Friends will begin tying quilts January 7th thru February every Wednesday 9am to 1pm. For those wanting to help and learn how to tie a quilt, come and help. The finished quilts go to The Crisis Center and World Relief. Usually the group will tie 60 some quilts with another 20 done at home. It’s a good way to learn somthing new and a good thing helping some one in need. A few quilts will stay at the church for emegency. For information please call...

Coulee Dam Police 12/29 - Police went to Camas Street on a report of sparking power wires. No wires were found in the area sparking, down or otherwise. 12/30 - Police spoke to a couple on Fourth Street in Electric City who had been arguing. Things had been thrown during their argument, resulting in broken glass. No arrest was made and the pair separated for the night. The police report noted that the pair were intoxicated. 12/31- 1/5 - Reports filed without additional details included: disorderly conduct on Cedar Street; assault on Batchelor...

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The Raiders made a strong showing at the 2026 Bavarian Wrestling Tournament at Cascade High in Leavenworth Jan. 3, finishing third overall as a team with 139.5 points, behind 2A Ellensburg and 1A Royal, in a highly competitive field. “Proud of the effort, toughness, and growth shown by every Raider on the mat,” head Coach Casey Brewster commented. “This group continues to compete with the best and represent Lake Roosevelt the right way. The work continues.” The team produced multiple finalists, champions, and gritty performances...

At the Lady M2 Mallet wrestling tourney at Rogers High in Spokane, seven Lady Raiders garnered 55.5 points to take the middle of the 30-team tournament at 14th on Jan. 3. The LR girls took fourth place in their weight categories and another took sixth. Addison Cannon (11-8) took fourth for 16.5 team points at 190 by wrestling through six matches, winning four of them. Sienna Atchison (10-7) placed fourth at 140 for 11 team points. And Selma Lewandowski (10-8) placed sixth at 170 and scored 13 team points. Lady Raider wrestling will host...