Grand Coulee News

The Grant County Health District is investigating a possible case of measles and exposure at the Grand Coulee School District, a news release said.

The enormous River Congo and the equally big forest hinterland is green here - without any renewable energy schemes! It has the record of world's deepest river, at 220m and is the vital network for those living within its watershed.

Most Americans believes gun crime is increasing, probably because media coverage of the subject misleads them.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Is he the "hardest-working teacher" in his district, as a fellow Lake Roosevelt High School teacher says? Someone who elevated his school's professionalism and standards, as his superintendent says? A "good example of the American dream," as a Grand Coulee doctor says? An ... (more)

A framed copy of the Herald’s first extra edition adorns the wall of our boardroom.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: On May 6, 2013, Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Gould responded to the area near the 4000 block of West Richland Road to investigate a burglary at a home for sale.

At least 2 people have been transported to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in downtown Spokane late Monday afternoon.

SPOKANE, Wash The Spokane County Prosecutor's Office is now officially beginning to review the case surrounding the shooting death of a man who was stealing a car in North Spokane.

COLVILLE, Wash. On Monday, the 11-year-old boy charged in a February plot to kill fellow classmates at Fort Colville Elementary School, was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation.

A semi truck crashed into a convenience store Monday morning near Highway 155 and Highway 174.

A truck driver parked his semi outside a convenience store in Grand Coulee and went inside to buy some items.

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.

It happened after a relative with a similar name was denied Social Security benefits because the agency's records showed he was employed as a Coulee Dam teacher, according to a police report.