Coulee Dam News

Some of the largest cataclysmic geologic events on earth occurred in what is now the Pacific North West.

Paul Laufman, graduate of RA Long High School in Longview in 1956, a Lower Columbia College and Washington State University alum, gave a presentation to middle school and high school students, and proved that hard work and a dream could turn a so-called "average student" into the right stuff.

As a youth, I marched under the red flag of socialism, a banner that's drooped badly in more recent decades.

The D3 Tour Geocache Challenge , a high-tech treasure hunt offered at Rocky Reach, Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, was honored Tuesday by the National Hydro Association with an Outstanding Stewards of America's Waters Award for Public Education.

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