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  • State Parks offers two final free days for 2017 in November

    Nov 1, 2017

    OLYMPIA – Oct. 26, 2017 – Recreation and outdoor enthusiasts have two more opportunities to visit Washington’s state parks for free in 2017. On these free days, day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass for vehicle access on Saturday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov. 24. Since the free days were first designated in 2011, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has set aside Nov. 11, Veterans Day, as one of its free days to honor those who served in the armed forces. This year, the agency moved one of its two spring free days to No...

  • Trees of Sharing season begins

    Nov 1, 2017

    ’Tis the season for Trees of Sharing 2017. The Trees of Sharing program is a special way for Grand Coulee Dam area residents to anonymously bless local children who might not otherwise receive a gift at Christmastime. Children’s names may be submitted on “wish” slips and dropped into collection boxes at Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Medical Center, or Harvest Foods. Names will be collected through Sunday, November 12. After the children’s names are collected, trees with “ornament tags” will be placed at selected locations in the community by...

  • No veterans breakfast this year

    Nov 1, 2017

    The American Legion will not be holding their annual veterans day breakfast this year due to unforeseen circumstances. They will be giving out gently used coats those in need on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 9 a.m. – Noon. Come for coffee and check out the coats....