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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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What if all school sports were played at the same location? The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors recently looked at slides of what the Lake Roosevelt Schools campus could look like under different options. The designs, from the school's recently hired NAC Architecture, showed a football/soccer field with a track around it being located near the current one in Coulee Dam, but at a different angle. A separate baseball field and softball field could fit near it. A new gym could b...
Despite strong winds and high heat Thursday, firefighters on the Whitmore Fire south and west of Nespelem managed to limit fire growth to just 18 more acres without the help of aircraft on the 57,478-acre fire, Friday morning’s update says. The wind out of the north and the smoke it brought with it from other fires kept aircraft out of the effort. High heat is expected again today. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning through 8 p.m. Saturday. Air quality was expected t...
With no music teacher at the school, Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High students will have a different kind of opportunity to play music. Music teacher Karen Pace retired at the end of the last school year from a position not easily filled, but a club called Raider Rock Band was approved by the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors during their Aug. 9 meeting. History teacher Justin Thompson will sponsor the club. He says there are eight students he thinks will definitely join it, and at least 25 who expressed interest. The club...
Hazardous waste day set for September, returns to twice a year The Regional Board of Mayors on Monday approved Sept. 24 as the household hazardous waste cleanup day at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. Residents can bring household hazardous waste items, such as certain paints, batteries, aerosols, and pesticides, for disposal at the station, where a specialized contractor will collect it. More details of what is or isn’t accepted will be published at a later date. The RBOM also decided to bring back a date in spring for collecting such w...
Unofficial results of the Aug. 3 primary election for Grand Coulee City Council position 1 were posted late Monday at results.vote.wa.gov. Ben Hughes garnered 101 votes for 65.16%. He will face Tracy Justice Wright in the November general election. Wright got 17.42% of the votes with 27. Not far behind, Frank Jones garnered 22 votes. Five ballots were cast for write-ins. The next vote count and certification will take place Aug. 18. Voter turnout countywide was 27.75% across 45 precincts and...
The Colville Tribes filed a lawsuit last week against the United States, seeking damages related to the massive wildfires that burned more than 240,000 acres on the Colville Reservation in 2015. “The Tribes alleged that the United States failed to maintain adequate forest health, through measures such as prescribed burning, which led to fires of unprecedented size and intensity,” a press release from the tribes explains. In August 2015 the North Star and Tunk Block fires burned more than 590 square miles and 800 million board feet of tim...
In a win-win situation, you can support Raider football AND eat hotdogs tonight, Wednesday, in front of the Lake Roosevelt High School offices. The drive-through hot dog feed football fundraiser runs tonight, Aug. 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when you can drive up, and pick up your meal. For $8 you get a hotdog, chips, a cookie and a drink, plus a second hotdog for $2 more. The Raider Athletic Booster Club hotdog feed coincides with sports physical night, which also runs from 5-7 p.m. and costs $35, cash only. Another sports physical night is...
Last month we looked at our June heat wave that was created by a heat dome. The drought we are currently in was written about as well. In this column I will take a deeper dive into drought with a look back at historic droughts in the nation. Put your hiking boots on and let’s take a dusty walk back into history and look at droughts from our North American past. Scientists and historians have done the research and have shared their results of major droughts here in the United States. As their r...
The Olympic Games are over. I watched about enough of the competition that I was interested in — mainly track and field, basketball and volleyball. While the games register winners and losers, it is my opinion that there are no losers. It is no small feat to represent your country in the games. It takes thousands of hours of practice, dedication, and sometimes luck to get on the Olympic team. I don’t recall ever personally meeting an Olympic competitor from any country. A shirttail relative of mine was determined that their young daughter wou...
Last week, Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson, the Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, joined me in Central Washington to hear firsthand from farmers in our district about the challenges they are facing. While GT certainly appreciated the diversity of product Washington produces, the takeaway from all our meetings was clear: our farmers are in desperate need of a reliable workforce. From hop growers to tree fruit farmers, every single producer we spoke to had the same issue: there is not enough reliable labor to work their fie...
Time is short, but action is necessary! Gov. Jay Inslee and Democrats who control the state legislature need to postpone implementing the sweeping “Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program” to determine its future financial viability and find better alternatives for coverage. The new law, also known as the Washington Cares Act, is a mandatory, public, state-run, long-term care insurance program. Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, Washington employers must withhold a new payroll tax ($58 per $10,000 of wages) to fund it. Even then, some paying the...
Travis Leroy Dobson quietly passed away at home from his brave battle with cancer on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, with the love of his life Susan Dobson Hutson by his side. Travis was born January 1, 1954, first New Year baby, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, to Ival and Donald Dobson. Later the family moved to Ketchikan, Alaska, where he spent his childhood. His later teenage years he moved to Brewster, Washington and worked in the family orchard and various orchards around the area. He met his soulmate...
Steve Giesse, left, and Eric Smith recently went to Kettle Falls to sturgeon fish and were lucky to catch these giants. Giesse's was 59-1/2 inches long and Eric's was 56 inches. - submitted photo...
A free ice cream social is set for 6 p.m., Wednesday Aug. 18, at North Dam Park. Sponsored by Faith Community Church, the social will be held under the gazebo. Come join us for some free ice cream....
Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m., Thursday, August 12, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Food Bank Hours Change Care & Share Food Bank is open Fridays from 1-3 p.m. with inside service. No more drive through. Please wear a mask. Cancer Support Group Cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors have been gathering semiweekly to talk, in a safe environment with honesty about the physical, emotional and spiritual impact of cancer. The group meets the first...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the month of August. Please help us prepare our local youth for the new school year! If you have any questions about the school supply drive, please call Jerri Smith at 633-1700. North Cascades Bank is a division of Glacier...
Town of Elmer City NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Elmer City will conduct a Special Meeting for a Public Hearing to consider the Six Year Comprehensive Street Program for 2022 – 2027. The Public Hearing will be held remotely on Zoom on August 12, 2021 at 6:55 P.M. All interested persons will be given opportunity to provide written or oral comment at said meeting. For instructions on how to attend the meeting, please contact Gary at 633-2872. Gary Benton, Clerk/Treasurer, 509 633 2872 (Publish August 4 & 11, 2021) D...
Grand Coulee Police 7/29 - Police were unable to find a gold Nissan Pathfinder reported to have been speeding and passing cars on double yellow lines on SR-174 heading into Grand Coulee. - A wallet with an ID, credit cards, and about $100 was found at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitors Center after the laser light show and turned into police. Police were able to find contact info for the Idaho man, who retrieved his wallet. 7/31 - Police told people who had been shooting at Osborn Bay about burn restrictions that restrict target shooting in the...