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US 2 roundabout construction begins on Thursday, Aug. 10 near Airway Heights and Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA – Construction of a multi-lane roundabout on US 2 just west of Airway Heights begins early Thursday, August 10. When all the construction lane restrictions are in place, US 2 will have two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane for the duration of the work. Lane restrictions will be in place 24/7. Drivers on US 2 between the Fairchild Air Force Base Main Gate and the Airway Heights city center should be a...
Mike Heath slides safely into second base, barely ahead of Justus DeWinkler's flying attempt to tag him out in the final game of Saturday's recreation league softball tournament. Inchelium won the tournament undefeated. Coulee Medical Center secured second place after fighting back through six games in the day after an earlier loss. See photos of winning teams page 5. - Scott Hunter photo...
There will be a new wave of enthusiasm when the Raiders of Lake Roosevelt’s football team take to Green Field this fall. There will be the old and the new, according to head football coach Bubba Egbert. He will be part of the new, as he takes over from former coach Loren Endsley, who resigned during the summer to take an assistant football coaching position at Eastern Oregon University. Fall practices begin next Wednesday, Aug. 16, with what could be a huge turnout. Over 40 have been participating in weight training and fitness programs d...
"Jolts & Volts." That's the name of the presentation that was put on Aug. 2 by the Pacific Science Center to about 50 kids at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School. Katie Wellens of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle made the presentation on electricity, explaining atoms, protons, neutrons, circuits, lightning, types of energy, and more. Wellens demonstrated with a small Tesla coil, invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891, how electricity can be conducted through the air without wires. A fluorescent...
Lincoln County sheriff deputies assisted Colville Tribal Police with a search warrant in Coulee Dam Tuesday morning, Sheriff Wade Magers said Tuesday night on Facebook. He said two suspects of common interest to the two jurisdictions were arrested on several felony crimes, including drug possession. He did not give other information on the Tuesday arrests. In other Lincoln County crime news, the sheriff also said two suspects plead guilty last week to attempted robbery of the Coulee Dam Credit Union branch in Creston last summer. Todd Miller...
A number of fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, the smoke from which has found its way to our area, and all over Washington, and is unhealthy to breathe. Over 100 fires are reported as burning in British Columbia, including some quite large ones. The main culprits for the smoke from BC appear to be the Hanceville-Riske Creek fires that have burned 331,000 acres; the Elephant Hill fire, which has burned 207,000 acres; the Quesnel West fire, which has burned 88,000 acres; and the Tautri Complex, which has burned...
Bank collecting school supplies, donations The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting backpacks and school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also being collected and will be used to purchase supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be received during August and September. No fires allowed at Lake Roosevelt Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited, effective 12:01 a.m., Friday, Aug. 11,...
The Washington State Department of Transportation has nixed any change in the speed limit from Coulee Playland to the city limits of Grand Coulee. The Electric City council had the topic on its agenda Tuesday night, but a letter from the DOT answered the question before city officials had to deal with it. The request for the city to consider the change came from Ron Pulsipher, an Electric City resident, who wanted the speed limit changed so he could drive his ATV from the city to Grand Coulee on SR-155. At his request, the city staff put the...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District’s new “Study and Survey” is on its way to the state superintendent’s office. The document was prepared by Design West, the district’s architectural firm, and is an overview of the district and its building needs. There’s nothing new in the Study & Survey: It declares a need for more classroom space and a lack of financial resources to accomplish this. The Study & Survey is done every five years and is funded by the state. This year’s document was funded at the $6,500 level. “It will probably occupy space on...
Grant County Mosquito District 2 will meet in its new building Thursday night at 7 p.m. for the first time. The 40-foot by 80-foot, 3,200-square-foot building houses the district's chemical storage, its two pickups, a laboratory, a restroom with shower, and a small meeting room where the five commissioners will meet for their monthly meetings. Secretary of the five-member board of commissioners, Carl Russell, said the building cost $178,000, and was paid for with public tax funds. Commissioners...
The Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s Sky Rangers plan three events this week. Wednesday, at Spring Canyon, from 3-5 p.m., you can learn about the upcoming Aug. 21 solar eclipse. On Friday, Aug. 11, at Crescent Bay, rangers will be on hand with a variety of telescopes pointed to the sky. They will have new and larger telescopes so you can see Saturn, the moon and other deep-sky objects. Janice Elvidge, who leads the ranger group, reminds everyone that Friday’s program will be happening during the Perseid meteor shower time. On Sat...
There was a time, not so long ago, when neighbors helped each other out. They loaned tools, kept an eye on each other’s property and kids, and came over for neighborhood barbecues. The Andy Griffith Show depicted everyday small town life, a good-old-boy sheriff, the talkative barber, and community members who baked, supported and helped whenever they knew there was a need. I got reminded of that recently and think we could all get back to Mayberry. My family has new neighbors beside us and as we had a conversation over the chain-link fence i...
I am an Okanogan Indian and a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. I am so disappointed in your name choice; I must re-remind you of your history and that we are not 12 tribes; we are but 10 bands of one tribe. The name change you have suggested sounds like you are glorifying the Grand Coulee Dam, not the falls that no longer exist, nor the river that is no more. Why would you think that we the Syilx People would consider that to be just or respectful? It is the fact that we are a Salmon People and not “Big Water” peo...
Last Wednesday, President Trump signed bipartisan legislation into law that Congress had passed overwhelmingly to sanction hostile regimes in North Korea, Russia, and Iran. I joined my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the House on a vote of 419 to 3 to pass the “Russia, Iran, and North Korea Sanctions Act.” After House passage, the Senate voted 98 to 2 to send the bill to the President’s desk. The unity in Congress’ action shows how seriously we are taking adversaries who work to oppose American interests and those of our allies around...
Do ordinary citizens still have a voice in Washington and in their state capitals? Despite the cynicism of these times, my answer is, yes, we do. ... But we have to exercise it. I don’t just mean going to a town hall meeting and yelling, or shooting off a letter or email. I mean making an appointment to sit down with your representative — in his or her office, at a cafe in the district, or wherever else you can meet — and holding a real conversation. We don’t do this often enough in our country. The heart of a representative democracy does no...
The upper portion of a ring follower emergency gate in a chamber of the elevation 950 gallery. The hydraulically operated gate closes or opens a 102-inch diameter outlet conduit 16 feet below at elevation 934. - August 4, 1939 photo...
A new pastoral family has come to serve the Grand Coulee Seventh-day Adventist Church. James McCurdy served three small churches in Northwest Kansas before accepting a call by the Upper Columbia Conference to pastor three churches in Washington state in Grand Coulee, Republic, and Orient. For McCurdy, the move to Washington is getting back to his roots. He was born in Cusick, Washington, the third of five children. He grew up loving the outdoors, helping in the orchards and fields, and planting...
Bicyclists on a cross-country journey stopped in Grand Coulee Aug. 1 on their way from Baltimore to Seattle. The group "4k for Cancer" is a fundraiser for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Doug Ulman was a young adult in college when he was diagnosed with cancer and found there weren't many services available for his age group, and so he and his family set up the organization in 1997. Ulman went on to be Chief Executive Officer of Livestrong, the cancer charity organization, until 2014...
Inchelium defeated every other team they met in the Second Annual Kenny Hearne Summer Classic Tournament of the GCDA Sofball league Saturday to get the first-place T-shirts. Team CMC came in second, after fighting back from a morning loss and playing five other games....
These Lake Roosevelt High School cheerleader-hopefuls returned from summer camp with many awards for spirit and leadership development. They spent a week at CWU in Ellensburg July 17-21, bettering their technical skills also. The girls include, from left, back row: Ashlyn Olsen, Ariana Morse, Adriana Garcia-Atchinson, Raven Clark; Front Row: Keianna Vera, Kylee Carson, and Tarissa Clark. - Submitted Photo...
Amy Miller and Nicolas Robertson of the National Park Service present skulls and skins to children at the Grand Coulee Library on Monday. The pair displayed furs from two beavers, a river otter, a pine marten, a weasel, and a badger, as well as skull replicas of a black bear, whitetail deer, bobcat, and owl, along with a real beaver skull, as well as a turtle shell. The presentation is also made on Fridays from 7:30 p.m. on at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center. - Jacob Wagner...
Grand Coulee Police 7/26 - A delivery person who had turned into the Bureau of Reclamation administrative area was escorted by security personnel to the correct delivery location. Police were called to stand by. 7/31 - A man on Mead Avenue told police that he received a credit card in the mail and was concerned about the circumstances of the card. He told police that he would monitor the situation through his credit standing. - A resident of Goodfellow Avenue in Electric City told police that she saw two men looking into yards in the area. An...
Delbert Saul Gobin passed away on June 16, 2017 in Independence, Oregon after a few months of illness. He was born February 10, 1923 in Monse, Washington to Solomon Gobin and Margaret Lenner. Del lived his early life in the Omak area. He joined the US Navy during World War II making him one of The Greatest Generation. Del served on the USS Macon as a gunner's mate. In 1942 Del married Naomi Hull and they were married for 57 years until Naomi passed away in 1999. Del and Naomi had two children....
David Frank Munter, formerly of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away unexpectedly in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, on July 29, 2017. Dave was born on August 31, 1943, in Seattle, Washington, to Elsie and Lester Munter, and the oldest of six children. Upon graduating from Moses Lake High School in 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine’s, where he served his country for the next 4-1/2 years. His final duty station was in Barstow, California, where he earned his AA from Barstow Community College and his BA from California State University in Bus...
Wed., May 24 – Dinner Nick’s Chicken Noodle Soup, Homemade Bread, Mixed Fruit, Rice Krispy Treat Thurs., May 25 – Dinner Beef Stroganoff, Scandinavian Veggies, Cucumber Salad, Peaches, Brown Bag Cookie Bars Fri., May 26 – Breakfast Buscuits and Sausage Gravy, Eggs, Fruit Bowl, orange Juice. Mon., May 2 – Breakfast German Sausage, Hashbrowns, Eggs, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., May 30 – Dinner Meat and Veggie Pizza, Salad and Fruit Bar, Ice Cream Wed. May 31 – Dinner Chili w/Cornbread, Brussel Sprouts and Onions, Sliced Fruit, Parfai...
