Coulee Recollections

10 Years Ago

Pleasants tops 1,000 points: Matt Pleasants has amassed some 1,021 points in his high school career, an average of 12 points per game in 85 outings.

20 Years Ago

Flavors of old Mexico will grace the coulee: Eisael Hernandez opens his new restaurant, La Presa, in Grand Coulee.

30 Years Ago

State senate energizes support for laser light show at Grand Coulee Dam: The likelihood of one day seeing laser lights dance across Grand Coulee Dam received a boost this week when the state senate approved a resolution asking the United States Congress to advance funding for the project.

40 Years Ago

The Bureau of Reclamation, during 1977, awarded contracts totaling $33,793,619 for projects associated with Grand Coulee Dam.

River Bank Is Stable: Elmer City councilmen were given some welcome news at last week’s City Council meeting: Their town isn't slipping into the Columbia River. Crews drilling test holes along the town’s river bank have found the soil there fairly stable.

A glass-enclosed elevator promises to be the most popular public attraction at Grand Coulee Dam and is expected to be in regular use for the 1978 Memorial Day to Labor Day visitor season.

Sears to Temporary Quarters: One of Grand Coulee’s pioneer businesses, and the oldest of its kind in the United States, Sears Catalog Sales office, was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours Tuesday.