We're all in this together
We're all in this together
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...
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...
Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could devastate Washington state, hitting rural communities the hardest. More than 1.8 million residents rely on Medicaid for health care. A Republican-led plan in the U.S. House to slash $880 billion could lead to service reductions, higher costs, and hospital closures. According to Manuel Navarro, CEO of Columbia Valley Community Health, approximately 46% of the organization's patients are covered by Medicaid. The organization provides essential medical services...
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...
Seated among more of them, 10-year-old Stettson Miley holds the first buttercup submitted to us this year, which he found in a rocky area near Electric City March 7. - submitted...
March 18, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9201. It authorized the War Relocation Authority. It was established in the Office of Emergency Management. This authority was charged with interning Japanese-Americans. The director was Milton Eisenhower, younger brother of Dwight Eisenhower. Prior to the above date, and hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, FBI agents had gathered hundreds of Italian, Japanese and German immigrants who were living in California. They were put on a train that brought them to Missoula, Montana....
We’d all gain a great deal if we could just talk with people of a different opinion, calmly and rationally. During simultaneous rallies for opposite political viewpoints Saturday along Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee, some people carried signs that could have worked for the other side verbatim: “Stop the Lies” is a common cry both for supporters and detractors of President Trump and his policies. And both sides are full of people who just want what’s best for the country. The difference, it was apparent Saturday, is that they take in...
The national debt continues to grow at an exponential rate, and with unified Republican control of the federal government, we have an opportunity to rethink how we manage taxpayer dollars. Spending more than we take in has become the status quo in Washington D.C., and regardless of which party is in power, reforms to this unsustainable practice have continuously been punted in favor of bloating the national debt. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), backed by the authority of an executive order, has been tasked with finding areas...
The spring runoff will offer the brave whitewater rafting. I’ve had a number of exciting whitewater runs, my last the best. We signed on to a two-day raft trip on the Salmon and Snake Rivers. Most of the time we were in deep canyons, barely able to see the sun. It was in May, and the water was ice cold and the temperature hot. The plan was to do the Salmon first and then take on the Snake. An arrangement was made for us to stay in a log cabin near the end of the Salmon run. My wife and I had taken a number of whitewater trips on the Snake,...
Dusts ups with our North American trading partners pop up periodically, especially when there is global financial trouble. They can be acrimonious and strain relationships as President Donald Trump is learning. Trump, faced with excessive federal spending and our skyrocketing national debt ($36.6 trillion), re-launched his “Make America Great Again” initiative. It is a blueprint to stimulate job creation in America’s private sector and government efficiency. He wants investments in domestic manufacturing plants, fairer trade with more...
John and Marissa Everhart of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son John Paul Everhart II on March 2, 2025. He weigh4d 8 lbs., 12 oz., and was 20-1/4 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Abrielle, Marlee, Virginia, and Royal. Grandparents: John W LaFountaine and the late Carly Desautel of Nespelem. John Paul Everhart I and Nikki Finkbonner of Bellingham, Washington; Great-grandparents: John B LaFountaine and the late Ella...
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...
Mosquito District to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 5:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the...
Carol Loretta DeFranco born August 21, 1934 passed away on February 16, 2025. She was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California. Carol spent a lot of time on the boardwalk. She worked making pies with her mom and had a lot of good times with her cousin. As a young adult Carol worked at a record store, where she met her husband Louis DeFranco. They were wed in 1962 in Palm Springs, California and moved to San Jose, California after the birth of their daughter. Carol spent many years there. She...
A celebration of life for Mark Atchison will be held Saturday, March 15, at 1 o'clock at Faith Community church, in Electric City, followed by an inurnment at Spring Canyon cemetery, and light refreshments at the Grand Coulee Senior center. Mark passed away December 21,...
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The Lake Roosevelt Raiders ended their post-season basketball quest March 5 at the Spokane Arena in the Round of 12 at state tournament with a loss to Tri- Cities Prep. With eight players over 6 feet, the Jaguars won 64-33, effectively limiting the Raider offense, shooting 48% to the Raiders' 24%. Tri-Cities' Bryson Wilde scored 21 points. Ivan Alejandre led LR scoring with 17. The Raiders dropped in 11 of 32 two-point attempts and 11 of 16 free throws, but not one of 14 trey attempts, making...
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...
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...
