Imagining what could be

Local artist Keith Powell sent us this image of a watercolor he painted as a study for a larger one he plans to do, inspired by the recent reintroduction of bison to the Colville Reservation. "I'm so happy that we are witnessing the reintroduction of bison," he said. "So cool." The view in the painting is from Jonah and Tera Whitelaw's house near McGinnis Lake with Castle Rock in the background. Powell noted that the last wild buffalo in Washington state was killed in the Grand Coulee in 1825, according to the book "Forgotten Trails," by Ron Anglin.