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  • Chain migration or family reunification?

    Stacie Blake|Jan 17, 2018

    It is historical fact that millions of people have come to the U.S. to create new lives in freedom. Immigration is the origin of our history as a country. Our federal government did not even keep immigration records until 1820. The bedrock of U.S growth and prosperity is immigration and for nearly 30 years the priority has been family reunification. The Immigration Act of 1990, the most comprehensive overhaul of our immigration system since 1965, was passed with bipartisan support and signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. Under...

  • Perfect day, different lenses

    Jesse Utz|Jan 17, 2018

    If I asked you to tell me what your perfect day would look like, I would get different responses from across the spectrum. One day over the weekend took on the look of a different day, not through my own personal lenses, but through the eyes of another. We started the day cleaning house. I know, I know, nobody’s perfect day starts that way, but it did. Sweeping, mopping, dishes and bathrooms consumed the first few hours of the day, making things just right for our valued visitors coming soon. Then a quick break for a little reading when the thr...

  • China's Sword Policy cutting deep into recycling

    Don C. Brunell|Jan 17, 2018

    Earlier this month, China launched its “national sword” policy which bans many recyclable materials it traditionally imported. Meanwhile, its upcoming March edict imposing a lower limit on contaminants is having global reverberations. Since the 1990s, the world has shipped the bulk of its used paper, plastics and metals to China. In 2016, its imported value was $18 billion. Nearly one-third of North America’s recyclables were processed in China — much of it from West Coast states. China was hungry for scrap and tolerated higher contami...

  • Coulee Recollections

    Jan 17, 2018

    4 years ago Lake Roosevelt slid by Tonasket in a thrilling 55-53 overtime victory. Leading in scoring was Matt George with 15; Craig Loe with 12; Ernie Edwards with 11 and Martin Mueller with 8 points. 50 years ago Electric City School opens: With the re-opening of the Electric City School, three new faculty positions were created in the second, third and fourth grades. To fill these vacancies, the district has employed Mrs. Herb Blunk, Mrs. Morris Rooney and Mrs. Duane Wetzel. NW Wheat to Pakistan: The office of Congressman Tom Foley said...

  • Betty Marie (Allen) Fields

    Jan 17, 2018

    Betty Marie (Allen) Fields passed away peacefully, with her husband by her side, on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in Wilbur, Washington. Betty was born on March 17, 1932, in Ogden, Utah, to Lillis and Leon Ross Allen. She was baptized and confirmed on March 2, 1941, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ogden, Utah. Like many other families in the Grand Coulee area, Betty's family moved here in the 1940's so that her father could go to work on the construction of the Grand Coulee... Full story