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Students from Lake Roosevelt High School attended the Imagine Tomorrow three-state high school competition at Washington State University May 30-31. "The team did not win an award this year but had a wonderful presentation and display," said LR science teacher Ralph Rise, advisor to the after-school team that took part in the alternative-energy competition. Their project involved using wireless remote environmental sensors that report data back to the school using ham radio frequencies. Picture...
The Grand Coulee Dam Federal Employees Association is proud to announce the recipients of their 2014 scholarships. Applicants must be a relative of a two year paid up member of the association and have submitted an application and be accepted at a college or technical school. The association decided to award four scholarships this year and the winners are Kaydi Scott attending Spokane Falls Community College to start earning a teaching degree, Alyissa Canady attending the Pharmacy School at the University of Montana, Paige Webley attending the...
Eight students from the local area have made the President’s Honor Roll at Washington State University for the spring semester. On the list from: • Coulee Dam: Taima Nichole Carden and Amy Marie Parker; • Keller: Spencer William Nee; • Almira: Haley Marie Bodeau, Danielle Marie Larson and Miranda Leigh Porterfield; • Coulee City: Allison J. Fox and Madeline Corinne Isaak. The list recognizes students who stand above the rest with excellent academic performance, WSU stated in its announcement. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergrad...
Firefighters from the Mt. Tolman Fire Center on the Colville Reservation battle a blaze last week that consumed some 700 acres of brush and grass. Fire Management Officer Ike Cawston said they’re still patrolling the area to watch for hot spots. The fire, which burned near Belvedere and along the Columbia River, was reported Wednesday at 8:25 p.m. It burned mostly in grass and sage, but structure protection was called in for the Belvedere area. No structures were lost. Earlier the same day, an unrelated fire started near Omak and another n...
The owner of Wolf’s Den bar complained to the Grand Coulee City Council last Tuesday night that he is being harassed by police for loud music at his Main Street bar. Ted Wolf told the council that police officer Sean Cook had given his bartender a $250 citation May 30, after responding to two complaints that the music at the bar was too loud. He said that he was going to pay the citation because the bartender couldn’t afford it. Cook had responded to two complaints, one right after the other, by Rick Bako, who lives on Federal Avenue. Coo...
Grand Coulee Police 6/1 - While responding to a disturbance on Main Street, an officer found a person there wanted on a warrant. The man was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail. - Police checked on a non-injury accident at Four Corners where drivers from Electric City and Tonasket ran into each other. - An Electric City man known to have a warrant for his arrest was seen, arrested and taken to Grant County Jail. 6/2 - Police received a court order that allowed a man to take his belongings from a residence on Center Street. Police stood by...
The mean precipitation for May is 1.10 inches, and this year, like 2013 and 2012, we only received a portion of that. We measured 0.63 inches here at the home weather station (compared to the same in 2013 and just 0.27 inches in 2012). The mean temperature was 60.0°F was 1.6°F higher than mean (all-time mean is 58.4°F). The high for the month was 84.7°F and the low was 38.0°F. The all-time high was 100°F back in 1986, and the all-time low was 21°F in 2002. There has been discussion about El Nino...
Previously, this column wandered along a trail on the lone prairie, searching for the new decorating sensation, the Prairie Look, including a drive by the wheat fields bordering highway 2 between Grand Coulee and Airway Heights. No prairie schooners were sighted, except for the old buckboard wagon situated on the main street of Wilbur. Somehow that wagon with the geese riding high on the seat didn’t cut the mustard for getting the Prairie Look on. However, there was a modern-day prairie schooner sighting in Coulee Dam this past Saturday a...
Nespelem School District #14 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING 2014-2015 Budget Proposal & Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Nespelem School District #14, Okanogan County, Washington, will meet on June 23, 2014, at 5:30 in the school staff room for the purpose of holding a public hearing for review and adoption of the 2014-2015 fiscal budget. Any taxpayer may appear at said meeting and in accordance with District policy regarding Board meetings, be heard for or against any part of the budget. Notice is hereby given that the...