Coulee Dam News

Here is what's open and what's closed Friday and Saturday for the Fourth of July holiday: Banks: Banks will be open regular hours on Friday and will be closed Saturday.

A number of rural airports in Eastern Washington and North Idaho are preparing projects, worth a combined about $2.3 million, to add space for private hangars or to improve safety.

A museum collection that contains 100,000 prints and drawings and more than 30,000 photographs offers a potential cornucopia of exhibitions for visitors who otherwise would never get to see most of this material, and who might never realize that such a massive archive even existed.

The fifth annual Kids Fest at Grand Coulee Dam will be Saturday, June 20. The free event is for children 12 and younger.

Just what makes Spokane look like an overachiever in dodgy endeavours is a matter of debate.

Alcohol was a factor in the death of a 30-year-old Coulee Dam woman in a rollover crash June 14 on state Highway 155 about five miles south of town, the Washington State Patrol said.. Diana L. Adolph was northbound around 11:15 a.m. at a high rate of speed when she lost control of her car, the patrol said.

Visitors to the Grand Coulee Dam can once again learn about the mammoth concrete structure thanks to a laser light show this summer.

Wow. What an awesome day yesterday was. My son and I went to see Native American pow wow dancers and a British fur trade encampment re-creation on the Columbia River.

British Fur Trade Encampment This weekend at Mission Point COMPILED BY CHRIS COWBROUGH S-E Editor The shores of Lake Roosevelt at Mission Point will come alive this weekend with the re-creation of an historic British fur trade encampment.

The Laser Light Show at Grand Coulee Dam has been postponed indefinitely because of mechanical difficulties, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

A U.S. senator once asked Harry Hopkins, top aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whether federal jobs programs were a wise idea "in the long run." "People don't eat in the long run, senator," Hopkins retorted, "they eat every day." Like the Obama administration's federal stimulus plan, Roosevelt's New Deal relied heavily on feeding people by ...

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN PUD still seeing red in budget PUD still seeing red in budget By Christine Pratt World staff writer WENATCHEE - A year-end deficit of $18.3 million is still expected to ride the Chelan County PUD's bottom line this year, despite a mild rally in power prices.

A Coulee Dam man has accepted the job of superintendent of the Nespelem School District.

The Department of Licensing has suspended plans to close driver licensing offices in Walla Walla, Poulsbo, Forks, Friday Harbor and Goldendale.

Dan Bates / The Herald Bill Motteler, 79, a volunteer from the South Everett Lions Club, prepares another plant for one of the city's large planters on Colby Avenue just south of Hewitt Avenue early Friday morning.

A 1936 oil-on-canvas by Clyfford Still, who later in life mastered the art of abstract expressionism.

By Chris Thew Chronicle staff OMAK - Colville tribal voters in the Omak and Nespelem districts will have an opportunity to hear from candidates running for Colville Business Council during forums on Sunday, April 19, at the Omak Performing Arts Center and Wednesday, April 22, at Lake Roosevelt High School, Coulee Dam.

LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Summer is a great time to visit Fish Lake in Chelan County. Trout are plentiful and the temperatures are cooler than in the Wenatchee Valley.

Wenatchee WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN STORY: PUD's ready for another rate talk PUD's ready for another rate talk By Christine Pratt World staff writer WENATCHEE - Chelan County PUD commissioners will take more public comment and have their first public discussion on the utility's proposed 18 percent electric-rate surcharge Monday at 1 p.m. at the ...

Archie was born in Bremerton Wa. June 27th 1932 and has lived in the Pacific Northwest his entire life.