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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The education and operations levy that squeaked by in 2022 expires next year, and Grand Coulee Dam School District is already working on the next funding proposal to voters, which the board president would like to see appear on the February ballot. Though the final proposed rate and election date won’t be set until November, it will likely fall somewhere between $2 and $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value, based on comments at the school board meeting Sept. 9. Superintendent Rod Broadnax says he intends to bring a proposal to the b...
A bit of red remained in the air Monday night, the last vestige of smoke from Oregon wildfires born by winds from the south that lent that sunset tinge to this Devil's Punchbowl photo. By Tuesday, air was clean and temps mild. See the forecast on page 5. - Scott Hunter photo...
After a decade of planning and debate, Electric City residents may see early signs of their first city-owned park before the snow falls. Park Planning Committee members are hoping so, as they discussed plans September 3 to get bids for concrete or asphalt, a perimeter fence, rocks, excavation, and lawn irrigation. A six-piece set of outdoor fitness equipment is already on the way, which will include a cross-country skier machine, a sit-up bench, a rower, a fit rider, an elliptical and a warm-up station for the “parcourse.” The set is wit...
It started as an answer to a job interview question in 2015, and next week, the Gathering of Wellness Powwow and Health Fair returns to the CMC grounds, across Highway 174 from the hospital campus in Grand Coulee. Though in its fifth year, it will be the first time since 2019 that Coulee Medical Center has offered the free community event, co-presented by the Colville Tribal Health Program. The powwow specifically began with the goal of improving CMC’s relationships with tribal communities, but everyone is welcome — and it makes for a great fir...
The Jess Ford Swing for the Good Golf Scramble was a huge success, said Run The Dam Executive Director Kelly Buche. Seventeen teams competed at the Colville Tribes Banks Lake Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 7, for 18 holes on a beautiful end-of-summer day. The top prizes of a new Ford F-150 and a five-day cruise were left unclaimed, but several tee shots came very close to making their mark for a hole in one, Buche said. In first place with 13 under par was 155 Fades Barbershop. Team members Corey...
A young man came down from the top of the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Thursday evening, coached down by a Nespelem Valley Electric worker with a bucket truck. Police had called for the truck earlier in the day from the Rural Electric Authority utility, which also contracts to do line repairs for the city utility in Coulee Dam and was nearby. Police were looking for a way to communicate with the man and planned to have a cell phone delivered with the bucket truck. But the man in the...
As a newspaper, we actually try not to cover certain stories if they’re arising from an individual’s personal mental health problems. It’s not unusual to get a report that authorities have responded to an individual in distress, or worse. But if someone threatens to do themselves harm, most often it seems far less likely that a news story would help either the individual or society, which might only suffer greater loss if a news article placed more pressure on an already bad situation for that individual. Most of the time. But it was diffi...
Someone recently asked me why I like Trump. My answer was that I don’t really like a lot of things about Trump. But this election is not about choosing the most likeable person. We are voting between two vastly different ideologies. We are voting for the country we want to leave our children and grandchildren. Trump represents that future and has proven that he can deliver. He is a patriot to the core and even served his country for 4 years without pay. That moment when someone says, “I can’t believe you’re voting for Trump”. I simply re... Full story
It was at the end of World War II that I became fascinated with cars. During the war, auto manufacturers were busy making tanks and ammo carriers. The public had to get along with some early 1945 models and people were lucky to find one. Those were the days when you could look at a car and know what make it was and the year it was manufactured. It was still a few years before I was old enough to drive and make enough money to purchase a car. We didn’t have driving classes then. My dad wasn’t anxious to let us drive the family car. My first exp...
Washington voters will soon have an opportunity to have their say on an unusual and corrosive tax the legislature passed in 2021. The controversial tax imposes a levy of 7% on capital gains income over $250,000. While that seems like it would only apply to “the rich,” the legislature has already proposed expanding the tax until it hits working-class incomes. Here’s how got where we are now. Three years ago, lawmakers passed and Governor Inslee signed SB 5096, creating the first-ever tax on capital gains income. Based on multiple prece...
The suspect in an Aug. 6 shooting in Delano has been charged with second-degree assault. Austin Krabbenhoft, 28, pled not guilty to the Class B Felony charge in his arraignment hearing Aug. 20 in Grant County Superior Court in Ephrata. Though he was booked into Grant County Jail right after his arrest, Krabbenhoft has been out on a $50,000 bail since Aug. 7. According to the terms of his release, he is not to use or possess any firearm, nor make any contact with the alleged victim or a neighbor police interviewed as a witness. According to the...
A witness state the senator backed into the same vehicle twice, not into two separate vehicles, as indicated in a story Sept. 4 about Sen. Mark Schoesler being arrested on a DUI charge at the Ritzville rodeo....
Local residents can dispose of paints, gasoline, yard chemicals, car fluids and more for free this Friday, at Grant County’s annual Household Hazardous Waste collection event for north county. Solid Waste staff will be at the Delano Transfer Station on Alcan Road from noon to 4 p.m. on Sept. 13. Other commonly accepted items include aerosols, thinners, corrosives and adhesives, rechargeable batteries, road flares and fluorescent bulbs and tubes. All waste must be residential; no business, government or contractor waste will be accepted. If y...
Judy (Gandrud) Hofman, 78, of Walla Walla, Washington, formerly of Culbertson, Montana, Ritzville, Washington and Electric City, Washington, passed away at Providence Medical Center on August 20, 2024, following complications of diabetes. She was born on March 31, 1946, in Wilmar, California now known as Rosemead, California, to Joseph and Marie Gandrud. She was raised in Culbertson, where she attended school and graduated from High School in 1965. Following high school, Judy married John... Full story
Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 4:00pm at 210 W. Coulee BLVD in Electric City...
Corey and Dariane Hense of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Colt Wyatt Hense born August 24, 2024 at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches length at birth. Siblings include big brother Clayton Hense. Maternal grandparents are Art Seyler II and Shonita Happ. Paternal grandparents are Don Hense and Sheri Brown.... Full story
Mercedes Nault and Daniel Monaghan of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Michael Paul Wayne Monaghan born August 22, 2024, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz., and was 21 inches in lenfgh at birth. Siblings include Joclynn, Shakota, Isis, Nexander, Kal-El, and Dré Lazae. Maternal grandparents are Juanita Weed and Robert Nault. Paternal grandparents are Deloris Campbell and Elmer McGuines.... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 9/2 - An officer spoke to an Electric City woman about an argument she had with her boyfriend that included him throwing some stuff near her phone causing it to fall and crack, and him leaving with their baby. The officer contacted the man by phone, but the man had not given a statement on the situation before the officer had checked out of service. Otherwise, he could have gone to jail for causing the damage to the phone, the officer explained to the woman. - Police went to Camas Street where a woman explained a situation...
September 12, 2013, Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to leave our solar system. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977. Jesse Owens, Olympian, was born September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama. On September 12, 1995, the Belarusian military shot down a hydrogen balloon participating in the Gordon Bennett Cup International Race, killing it’s two pilots, Americans John Stuart-Jervis and Alan Fraencke. Source(s): National Geographic Education Compiled by Bob Valen...
Football The Raiders hosted the Colfax Bulldogs Friday night for a 28-8 loss in the non-league football game. Lake Roosevelt reportedly had several players out for ineligibility due to insufficient practices. They host Reardan Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., then Brewster Sept. 20. The Raiders plan to play in Ellensburg Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. against Pe Ell/Willapa Valley. Soccer The Lady Raiders lost their opener in Omak Saturday 5-3, but will host Bridgeport in Grand Coulee on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., then...
