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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Firefighters responded to two small wildfires in the Lone Pine area Aug. 3 amid high temperatures and low humidity. John Purdue said he didn't know until his neighbor told him that the steep hillside just inches from his back deck was on fire. Firefighters from Okanogan County Fire District 2 and Coulee Dam were applying water and foam to a stump and burned grass in a patch along the downhill side of the Elmer City Access Road, with Purdue's house at the bottom on Lone Pine about 5 p.m. It was...
There’s a line to tread for a school wanting student-athletes to be better students in order to participate in sports, while at the same time not wanting to take away their opportunity to compete as athletes. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors, along with the district superintendent and junior/senior high school principal, discussed the topic of raising the academic standards for student-athletes at their Aug. 8 board meeting. Natalie Kontos, new to the principal position at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School, told t...
Cemeteries don’t take care of themselves, and the Spring Canyon Cemetery is no exception. The Grand Coulee Lions Club manages Spring Canyon Cemetery, and Birdie Hensley of the Lions Club spoke to the Regional Board of Mayors at their Aug. 3 meeting about them possibly taking over the management of the cemetery. Hensley explained that as Lions Club members are getting older, it’s getting to be less feasible for them to take care of the cemetery that has about 2,100 people buried in it, including about 450 veterans. Grand Coulee Mayor Paul Tow...
Apparent illnesses at Spring Canyon brought to light by a Facebook post apparently stopped on their own, officials said last week, although details were scant. “There are no facts,” stated Kim Hines at Lincoln County Public Health, noting the local clinic had recorded no cases of vomiting or diarrhea complained of by several people on the social media site after a commenter just wanted to find out how many might have been affected by whatever it was July 27-28. The Colville Tribal Health Dept. and the National Park Service each took sam...
Taking five minutes to use a new, free boat-cleaning station at Northrup Boat Launch could help save millions in dollars of damage that invasive species can cause. A new "Clean-Drain-Dry-Dispose" unit, also known as a "CD3" system, was demonstrated at Northrup Boat Launch Aug. 9 with representatives there from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which funded the system, as well as from the Washington Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO), Washington State Parks, the Washington Department of Fish &...
Jerry Lee Raines entertains a packed "beer garden" crowd at the chamber of commerce's First Friday event at North Dam Park Aug. 5....
This letter is an honest effort to bring clarity and facts to the rumors, innuendos and often half-truths that frequent this page when referring to the Grand Coulee Dam School District (GCDSD). The local community, in particular the parents of children attending a Lake Roosevelt school, deserve to know the facts. Each of the issues to be addressed is complex and complicated. However, we will endeavor to address the highlights of each matter as space permits. Because of space limitations, the issues will be addressed in three separate...
Hello. I am just commenting on your supplement, Grand Coulee Dam Area (Visitor’s Guide). I found this to be about the most useful tourist magazine for an area that I have ever come across. Kudos, to all at your paper. Have the publisher/editor take all you employees out for a beer! Cheers! Gary Miller...
On Sept 9-11, this fall, a small group of Welsh descendants will be visiting the Almira-Wilbur area. They are a part of the North American Welsh Association out of Seattle. A while back, they followed up on a lead of an abandoned Welsh cemetery near the Grant/Lincoln County edge. (Approximately 4 miles NW of Almira in the middle of a wheat field owned/farmed by Brian Carstensen. Over time, this group’s interest grew until it bloomed into this full-blown “field trip” to our area! While here, they hope to visit with Welsh descendants and disco...
Who has more mental problems — the perpetrators of gun violence or congressional Republicans, including our own Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who lack normal compassion and regard for human life, even of young children? Congressional Republicans have once again copped out of their responsibility to do anything significant to stop the mass killings by effectively acting only on mental illness measures. At the least, their social-emotional development has been severely stunted. Using the Second Amendment of the Constitution as their crutch, they i...
I have always been taught to give something back to society. For years I tried to do so by volunteering or running for public office. I have held office in park boards, library boards and school boards. Most recently I served 17 years on the North Central Regional Library Board and 10 years on the local school board. But there comes a time when that isn’t possible, so I have been trying to find a couple of charities that cover things I can identify with. There are so many needs in our world that could use some help, and people can choose t...
Communities in every corner of the country now struggle with a lack of affordable homes, an ailment long associated with fast-growing urban areas. A lack of affordable housing hamstrings rural towns’ abilities to attract workers and slows business growth. Quality housing is also linked to health and well-being, and home ownership remains a primary way working people build equity and ownership. Small towns need affordable, quality housing for people across the financial spectrum. Solving this shortage will require multifaceted solutions, c...
Implausible as it may seem, gasoline powered vehicles can be part of reducing carbon emissions. They need to be part of the solution and not brushed aside. Take for example, Glacier National Park in northwest Montana, where there is a fleet of 33 tour buses powered by gasoline engines. Each year, they transport 60,000 visitors mainly across Logan Pass — the park’s famed “Going to the Sun Highway.” Without them, congestion would be much worse and fewer people would enjoy Glacier. The Logan P...
Roberta "Bobbie" Cornett passed away of natural causes on Thursday, July 18, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center Long-Term Care in Grand Coulee, Washington. She was born on July 23, 1939, in Craig, Colorado, to Richard and Helen Dillon. The oldest of four children, she moved with the family to the Ritzville, Washington area in the late 1950s. She met her husband-to-be, Ken Cornett, while he was in the Air Force stationed in Moses Lake at what was then Larson Air force Base. They were married in...
Linda Christine Esmond, 73, surrounded by her loving family, departed her Electric City, Washington home during the morning hours of Saturday, July 30, 2022, to meet her Lord Jesus face-to-face. This following a brave battle with A.L.S. (aka: "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). Born Sunday, July 17, 1949 at March Air Force Base, Riverside, California to George and Harriet Carrington, Linda graduated in 1968 from North High School in Riverside California. On Saturday September 20, 1969, Miss Linda C....
Coulee Dam Police 8/1 - A Camas Street dog had returned home by the time police contacted the owner who had reported the dog missing. 8/3 - An officer spoke to a Fir Street man while looking into a 911 hangup call. The man explained that he didn’t have a landline that could have called 911. 8/4 - A man on Fir Street explained to police that he had been arguing with his wife and went into a shed to cool down. Police determined that no crime had occurred. - A Pine Street woman was cited for her dog running at large. There have been numerous i...
The local fall run event is expanding to include more fun activities, replacing the harvest festival of recent years, its organizer says. “The Run the Dam event has expanded into an entire park full of fun,” race director Kelly Buche said. “Along with the traditional 5k, 10k, and half-marathon distance events, the weekend will also feature a Beer Garden, live music throughout the weekend, a motorcycle poker run, a vendor fair with food, arts & crafts booths, and a fabulous Kids Korner that will include pony rides, bounce houses, face paint...
Kendra and Anthony Robinson of Nespelem Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Anthony Rene Robinson Jr., born Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7lbs, 9oz and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. He joins a brother and sister Luka Alexander James Robinson, and Yazmyne Kiara Brielle Robinson. Maternal grandparents are Jennie Saulque and Great grandparent's Roger Jack (deceased) Julianne and Vernon Saulque Sr. Paternal...
NOTICE OF PRIVATE SALE VIEW LOT at ROOSEVELT VIEWS North of Wilbur on Lake Roosevelt, Lincoln County, WA Roosevelt Views Community Association NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, The Officers of Roosevelt Views Community Association, is selling One Residential Lot (no structures) at private sale by sealed bid auction. The property has available: paved roads, power, water and telephone. The property is situated in Lincoln County, State of Washington, and is described as follows: LOT 3, BLK 2, ROOSEVELT VIEWS SUBDIVISION; S EC 20. T28 R 33 EWM. Parcel...