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The Lady Raiders have played their district and regional playoff games, finishing first in the league and third in the region, and are moving on to state play this weekend. The Lady Raiders defeated Waterville 21-2 in a district playoff game on May 14 in Grand Coulee, finishing as the number-one team in the Central Washington 2B league. One highlight in the game came when Addison Hansen hit a home run over the fence, batting home two of her teammates. Pitcher Emma Marchand struck out nine...
Raider athletes received “All League” honors this week, as voted on by coaches from the Central Washington 2B league. In baseball, Raiders receiving the honors were Hunter Whitelaw, who made the all-league first team; and Brit Egbert and Tyson Nicholson, who made the All League second team. The Lady Raiders are the champions of the Central Washington 2B softball league, and several athletes from the team received all-league honors. Making the all-league first team were pitcher and third baseman Cassidy Reyes, pitcher and shortstop Emma Marchand...
Five Raiders qualify for state for track & field following Friday’s District 5-6 qualifier in Quincy. At the qualifier, the top five boys and top four girls in each event qualified for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2019 WIAA 1B, 2B, 1A Track & Field Championship meet in Cheney. Steven Flowers qualifies to compete in the shot put, discus, 100-meter dash, and the 4x100-meter relay race. “It’s quite a feat to qualify in four events,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. Flowers placed first in the shot-put event, throwing for a d...
Lake Roosevelt sent six girls to compete in the District 6 tennis tournament last week. The North Central Washington Athletic Associations 1A/2B/1B District 6 tournament was held May 15 in Manson and May 18 in Omak. The girls qualified for the event by placing in the top four of the league tournament. Alexia Ryan, a junior at LR, faced off against Molly Wiser from Cascade in Manson. "She played well but lost 6-3, 6-3, which put her on the consolation side of the bracket," explained Head Coach St...
Two Raider wrestlers have signed with Division II NCAA colleges for the coming year. top photo, flanked by coaches, teammates, friends and parents, Tony Nichols signs his letter of intent on Friday to wrestle at Colorado State University in Pueblo, Colorado. From left: Dylan Wiles, Kaleb Horn, Coach Steve Hood, Colton Jackson, Gabe Waters, Chaz Reyes, Jonathan Cante, Trevor McCraggie, parents Fred and Tammy Nichols, and Jason Horn. - Scott Hunter photo Second photo, Kaleb Horn is surrounded by...
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES PASSED OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WASHINGTON On the 14th day of May 2019 the City Council of Electric City passed the following ordinances. A summary of the content of said ordinances, consisting of the title, provides as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 538-2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 2.10.060 “FIRE CHIEF - REMOVAL” OF THE ELECTRIC CITY MUNICIPAL CODE ORDINANCE No. 539-2019 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2019 BUDGET of the City of Electric City, AS ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE No. 537... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/13 - A woman drove her car into the ditch near the carwash at Jack’s 4-Corners Gas Station, and couldn’t back out because of the sandy conditions of the ditch. The woman said she misjudged the turn into the gas station. A man came and towed the car out of the ditch. 5/14 - A caller reported a child wasn’t in their seat on a school bus. An officer was unable to respond due to being occupied with a higher priority situation. - A woman reported that her children were playing near the former middle school on Federal Avenu...
The votes are in for the primary election for seven of the 14 positions on the Colville Business Council, the main governing body of the Colville Tribes, with 13 candidates seeking office in the Nespelem District alone. All the incumbents survived the primary. The primary narrows the number of candidates for each position down to two who will face off in the general election June 22. The Nespelem District Position 1 race was led by incumbent and current CBC chair Rodney Cawston (324) and Charlene Bearcub (157). Eliminated from that race are...