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  • Town wildlife is abundant

    Dec 2, 2015

    A doe and two young deer, plus a wild turkey, graze for food by a sidewalk next to Fiddle Creek in west Coulee Dam, where deer have been abundant and seem nearly domesticated this fall. About 20 were counted around the neighborhood on this brief outing. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Hospital may not break even this year

    Scott Hunter|Dec 2, 2015

    Coulee Medical Center officials were hoping to break even for 2015, but probably won’t make it, Chief Financial Officer Paul Babcock told Hospital District 6 commissioners Monday night. CMC and its clinics lost nearly $125,000 in October, about 7 percent of its net operating revenue of almost $1.8 million. The low month brings CMC’s year-to-date losses to about $418,975, which compares favorably to a loss of more than $2.5 million for the same time frame a year ago. Even a good November and December are unlikely to be good enough for a bre...

  • This week in sports

    Dec 2, 2015

    Wed., Dec. 2 6 p.m., LRHS Wrestling at Okanogan Jamboree Thurs., Dec. 3 5 p.m., JHS Boys’ Basketball here with Oroville Sat., Dec. 5 10 a.m., LRHS Wrestling at Davenport Tourney Tues., Dec. 8 4:30 p.m., LRHS Basketball at Oroville (L). 5 p.m., JHS Boys’ Basketball here with Omak Wed., Dec. 9 6 p.m., LRHS Wrestling here (Mix and Match) Thurs., Dec. 10 4:30 p.m., LRHS Basketball here with Entiat (NL) 5 p.m., JHS Boys’ Basketball at Okanogan...

  • October students of the month

    Dec 2, 2015

    Lake Roosevelt Elementary selected its students of the month for October....

  • Legals for December 2, 2015

    Dec 2, 2015

    Public Notice Town of Coulee Dam ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 737 – An ordinance setting salaries and wages for officers and employees of the Town of Coulee Dam for the calendar year 2016 and repealing Ordinance No. 734. Ordinance 738 – An Ordinance of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, fixing the amounts to be raised by Ad Valorem Taxes for the year 2016. Ordinance 739 – An Ordinance of the Town of Coulee Dam adopting the Budget for the calendar year 2016. Full and complete copies of the above ordinance are avail...

  • Coulee Cops

    Dec 2, 2015

    Grand Coulee Police 11/24 - Police responded to a 911 hang up call at Safeway. The officer was told there was no problem. - A worker whose employment was terminated by a person at Continental Heights took some tools and was holding them until he got paid. An officer said he couldn’t do that, and he returned the tools. - A Nespelem woman was stopped when an officer noticed one of her headlamps was not working. She was cited for driving with a suspended license and for outdated vehicle tabs. A passenger was arrested on a tribal warrant and a t...

  • Going up

    Dec 2, 2015

    Coulee Dam town crew members put up a big snowflake on Columbia Avenue Monday. Lights are going up for the season all over the community. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Keller Ferry out of service for engine repairs

    press release, WSDOT|Dec 2, 2015

    KELLER FERRY – The Keller Ferry on SR 21 across the Columbia River is out of service. One of the two engines on the vessel has some issues that require immediate repairs. Under US Coast Guard regulations the boat cannot be operated in passenger service with only one engine. Parts have been ordered and have been shipped and should arrive early tomorrow morning (Saturday, Dec. 5) and repairs will get underway, the Washington Department of Transportation said. It is unknown exactly when the vessel can return to service. Until then, motorists a...