NEWS BITES: July 7, 2025

GRAND COULEE – At 11 p.m. July 5 Coulee Dam Volunteer Fire Department was paged for a brush fire near the intersection of State Route 155 and Columbia Avenue. They requested mutual aid and Grand Coulee and Electric City Volunteer Fire Departments were summoned. With a response of numerous wildland trucks, structure engines, water tenders, an ambulance and numerous firefighters and police officers the fire was contained and put out, according to a release from Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire and EMS.