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  • Bulldogs end Raiders' postseason

    John R McNeil II|May 18, 2016

    Raider baseball’s season came to an end Saturday at Moses Lake as the Okanogan Bulldogs defeated the Raiders 6-0. LR had to win to stay alive in the postseason. It was the furthest the Raiders have gone in the postseason since the 2011 state tournament appearance. The 2016 season was Lake Roosevelt’s the seventh straight winning season. Looking to next year, there are a lot of question marks for the Raiders. Seven of the eleven who played this season are graduating. Many of those seniors have been big contributors for the squad for the pas...

  • Tennis moves on to districts

    John R McNeil II|May 18, 2016

    Raider Tennis took part in the Central Washington B League Tennis Tournament in Omak at the North Cascades Athletic Club last Friday and Saturday. The results from the matches determined both who would advance to the district tournament against the Caribou Trail League schools and for whom the season would be over. Lake Roosevelt’s doubles team of Jordan Charles and John Drapela will advance to districts as a number-four seed. Head Coach Steve Archer said he was proud of how Charles and Drapela played, especially in Saturday’s final match. “Th...

  • Five tracksters move on to districts

    John R McNeil II|May 18, 2016

    Five members of the Raider boys’ track team qualified from the sub-district competition May 11 to this Saturday’s district meet in Ephrata. At the sub-district level last week at Oroville, the Okanogan Bulldogs won both the boys’ and girls’ titles. For the Raiders, Nathaniel Hall advanced in the 100-meter dash, finishing fourth with a personal-record time of 11.71 seconds. Robert George advanced in the 110-meter high hurdles, finishing fifth in 18.35 seconds. In field events, Nathan Morrell moved on to districts in discus, taking fifth by thro...

  • LR Elementary students of the month for March

    May 18, 2016

    Students were recently selected as March students of the month....

  • This week in sports

    May 18, 2016

    Sat., May 21 TBD, HS Baseball – Regionals TBD, HS Tennis – Districts 10 a.m., JHS Track – Junior Olympics, Cashmere 11 a.m., HS Track – 2B Championships, Ephrata...

  • Legals for May 18, 2016

    May 18, 2016

    Nespelem School District #14 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING 2015-2016 Budget Extension & Hearing Notice is hereby given that Nespelem School District No. 14 is preparing to change the 2015-16 Capital Projects Budgets. The Directors will meet on May 23, 2016, at 4:30 p.m., in the district office for the purpose of fixing and adopting these changes for the current fiscal year. Any person may appear at this time and be heard for or against any change. The regular monthly board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m., following the budget hearing. By order of the...

  • Coulee Cops

    May 18, 2016

    Grand Coulee 5/7 - An Electric City man was banned from an Electric City tavern when he refused to leave after being asked. He had brought a couple of guitars and an amplifier into the bar and then used some of the equipment that belonged to the band playing. He gave Conrad Hilton as a reference. His equipment was returned to his car and he was told to leave and not come back. 5/8 - Police responded to a threat report at Jack’s Four Corner Service and found that the person making the threat had left. - A man in Electric City told police that h...

  • Great support shown to "Bring Justin Home"

    Scott Hunter|May 18, 2016

    A sale of used items on the sidewalk outside of Harvest Foods and Variety in Coulee Dam today (Saturday) has drawn huge support from contributors. The sale is to give support to the family of Justin Arnold in their efforts to bring him closer to home from a New York care facility. Arnold suffered a critical brain injury when he was struck by a car in New York, where he was pursuing his education as a chef. Transporting him across the country will require a special flight. The sale today is...