We're all in this together
We're all in this together
One person visited with the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board on Monday regarding district plans for handling their budget emergency. "After reading some of the letters to the editor in The Star this week, I wanted to come and just kind of get an understanding from the board as to what cuts are being made and why," Sam Halvorsen said. Halvorsen visited on a day the board had just put off a discussion on an upcoming emergency budget resolution, opting to discuss it at a "workshop" on...
The non-profit organization that puts on events to help get kids into outdoor activities is planning a cleanup of the Osborn Bay area this month. Reel Recreation is planning a push to clean up the area Friday, March 27, starting at 10 a.m. President Nic Alexander told the Electric City Council Tuesday that he took a look at the area and estimated that four 14-foot trailers could be filled. People wanting to get in on the action should show gather at the Little Osborn boat launch, just off the highway at 10 a.m. with gloves and good footwear....
by Scott Hunter Grand Coulee officials are disputing charges Electric City billed them for water-related charges. Mayor Blake Martin said he, City Clerk Peggy Nevsimal and Public Works Director Travis Irwin had met with Grand Coulee officials Feb. 25 to discuss an old balance Grand Coulee was disputing on bills for water systems maintenance items from 2024 and 2025. One item for removal of sludge from a tank for $3,126 was disputed as “not related to treatment, operation or maintenance, in the opinion of Grand Coulee, and we would need to...
An area-wide cleanup will be aided once again by extra effort and low or no cost dumping, the Regional Board of Mayors agreed at their last meeting March 4. April 20-May 1 will be the official Spring Cleanup days, with each local city participating in ways that best serve their own citizens. Cities will advertise those specifics with inserts in utility bills, in text alerts via Text My Gov, and an advertisement in The Star to remind people of the basics. In other business, the RBOM also: ...
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court aiming to force the Trump administration to admit if it plans to send armed federal law enforcement or U.S. troops to polling locations in the upcoming midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charges that 11 Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, requests submitted to the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense by the DNC in October have gone unanswered, a violation of...
Protesters on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee hold signs and collect food for the food bank Saturday while showing their opposition to Trump administration policies. - Scott Hunter...
All four local towns are suing each other. You could be forgiven if you didn’t know this; the biggest beef between them involves the spectacularly uninteresting subjects of their shared sewage treatment plants, which are spectacularly expensive by your and my standards. Which is sad, because that’s who has to pay for them. That seems obviously unavoidable, as sewer plants are one thing we don’t want to do without. But making them even more expensive than they already are by deciding to sue each other over disagreements regarding them...
Just as many November 2024 general election President Trump voters express that Trump’s cruel, lawless, racist tyranny is “not what I voted for,” the same is likely true of many voting for Michael Baumgartner as our 5th Congressional District Representative. Watching Baumgartner suck up to Trump lapdog Attorney General Pam Bondi during her histrionic, unhinged performance at Congressional hearings on opening the Jeffrey Epstein files was nauseating (Spokesman-Review 2/12/26). Then Baumgartner, always lapdog to House Speaker Mike...
God Bless the United States of America, and God Bless President Donald J. Trump. I love my country, and I respect and honor our President. He is a brilliant man and has our country and her people in his every thought and action. He also has the strength and fortitude to fight every step of the way for the sole purpose of doing what is right for our country and us. What a shame and a disgrace the Democratic Party has tried and continues to inflict on him and us because of their hate or fear of him. I truly believe it is the latter! I believe...
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day is upon us — a fine time to restore our sense of humor. More than 20 years ago, British sociologist Christie Davies wrote in “The Mirth of Nations” that Americans were becoming as nervous about swapping jokes as people once were in communist Eastern Europe — a warning he issued well before cancel culture. Which makes me long for the jokes my dad and Uncle Mike — a child of Irish immigrants — shared on Sundays, such as this one: “Mike,” says Pat, “If you were stranded on a desert island, who would you...
March 13. 1962, a Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was titled – Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba. The Memo had three parts. Pretexts which would provide justification for U.S. Military intervention of Cuba. Recommended preliminary submission suitable for planning purposes and seek inputs for developing a time-phased plan. Lastly, it assumed a single agency will be given primary responsibility for developing military and para-military aspects of the basic plan. The Top-Secret...
Charlie the puppy came upon these buttercups recently while hiking Steamboat Rock with his owner Lisa Standford. - submitted...
(3/6/2026 – NCW Libraries invites the public to explore the lasting impact of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon 60 years ago in a free virtual Humanities Washington program. How Women Won the Marathon and Changed Our View of Gender will be presented on Thursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. This online presentation takes a closer look at the nearly 20 years between when Bobbi Gibb first tried to enter the Boston Marathon in 1966 to when the women’s marathon was added to the 1984 Olympics. Register for this program at www.ncwlibraries.org...
Mosquito Districrt to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 5:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group now holds its meetings Monday thru Friday @ 6 pm every night, at the Vets Center in Electric City. Wa. Need more info? Call Betty at 509-429-7817 . In Nespelem, the group Bound and Detemined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Wheelchairs, Crutches Available...
Coulee Dam Police 3/1 - A person called police regarding an employee not returning items, including keys, after their employment ended. The items had been returned, however, and police involvement was not required. - A man was issued an infraction for not having insurance after being pulled over near Pole Park. The driver “failed to slow speeds as well as failed to move over” according to the police report. The officer gave him “a break” on the move-over law, but told him to do so in the future. - A driver was cited for driving with a...
Clark was born in Portland, Oregon to Lola and Clark R Slattery Senior. His dad was in the construction business building logging roads in western Washington and Oregon. The job usually lasted a year and when the road job was completed, they moved to another area to build another road. The roads were usually logging roads. Because of this Clark went to a different school for the first eight grades. The family oved to Elmer City, Wash., where he attended the Nespelem High School for all 4... Full story
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After a season that may have started out with more modest ambitions, the Lady Raiders competed in the WIAA State 2B Girls' Basketball Tournament at The Arena in Spokane March 4, where they played the Ducks, of Toutle Lake, staying ahead through halftime, outscoring them five points, 21-16. Toutle Lake took off in the third quarter, however, holding LR to 10 points while adding 26 to their own score for a 42-31 advantage going into the fourth. The Raiders beat them back by only a point after...
Many of the student-athletes at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School were honored by the coaches of the seven teams of the Central Washington 2B League when they met to choose their picks for “all-league” teams at the end of the regular winter sports season. LR athletes named to all-league teams Girls’ Basketball First Team: Kenzie Brown, Shae Crollard. Second Team: Cambry Brown. Honorable Mention: Chantelle Pakootas. Boys’ Basketball Honorable Mention: DC Atkins, Terrell Bush. Girls’ Wrestling First Team: Sienna Atchison (145), Selma...
Thurs., March 12 Basketball - Staff vs Seniors Sat., March 14 1pm - Softball - here with Brewster 2pm - Tennis at...
City Of Grand Coulee NOTICE OF MEETING LOCATION CHANGE The location for the Regular Meeting of the Grand Coulee City Council scheduled for March 17th 2026, has been changed to the Grand Coulee City Fire Barn. The meeting will be held at 201 Spokane Way at 6pm. Lorna Pearce, Clerk Treasurer (Publish March 11,... Full story
