We're all in this together
We're all in this together
The Coulee Dam Wrestling Club partnered with Auntie Dannee's Restaurant Friday evening for a successful spaghetti dinner fundraiser, bringing the community together in support of families impacted by the recent fires. The event, held from 5- 7 p.m., saw a large turnout as community members filled the restaurant to enjoy a delicious meal while supporting an important cause. Many others stopped by to pick up to-go orders, while others simply made monetary donations to support their neighbors...
There are 51 large wildfires across the states of Washington and Oregon. There are two large fires currently burning on the Colville Reservation. The Kaiser Canyon fire is more than 136,000 acres. The Modrite fire is more than 51,000 acres. Both were started by lightning strikes and have expanded rapidly because of high winds, hot temperatures, low humidity, and fuel conditions that caused Washington State Department of Natural Resources to issue a “Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory” on July 14. Gov. Bob Ferguson made a formal request for...
Staff, community and school board members heard and voiced concerns during a hearing July 27 about the proposed upcoming sale of the old middle school that the Grand Coulee Dam School District seeks to sell. Most of the debate centered on longterm access to the gym and safety for student athletes. Athletic Director Casey Brewster urged the board to slow down until a clear plan is in place for replacing the facility, saying the gym and adjacent spaces are heavily used yearround by school and community programs. Brewster said losing the...
Local firefighters quickly quashed a fire on the hillside above the south side of Grand Coulee Monday afternoon near the road going to Almira. Firefighters from Grand Coulee, Electric City, Coulee Dam and Elmer City FD #2 responded to the Grand Coulee Hill Road for a reported brush fire in the area. Crews got there by 4:30 and had the fire in mop-up status by 4:42. They completed mop up around 7:30. "We are very thankful for our mutual aid partners and all the quick response and quick attack!"...
Here is a story you may find interesting: I grew up on Roosevelt Drive in Grand Coulee. There was a nice pool in Mason City (Coulee Dam) just a little ways past the bridge. It cost a quarter to get into the pool to swim and cool off. Around 1951 or so, when I was around 10 years old, on some hot summer days, I would beg a quarter from my mother and walk all the way to the pool — about 3 miles. I walked down Martin Road, past the sewage pond, Weaver’s gas station, the Silver Dollar Tavern, and Dover’s Cafe to the main highway and then...
A special thank you goes to Dannee St. Pierre and Cindy Parra, who prepared the food and hosted the fundraiser at Auntie Dannee’s Restaurant Friday in a fundraiser to help people affected by recent fires. Their hard work, hospitality, and generosity made the evening possible. The Coulee Dam Wrestling Club would also like to recognize the generous community members whose donations helped make the fundraiser such a success. Claudia Hevener donated the bread, Lonna Bussert donated the cookies, and Sam Halvorsen donated the meat. Their kindness...
August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been adopted by many southern states after the Civil War, like literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. The act came 95 years after the Fifteenth Amendment to our Constitution. The Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s brought focused attention to the issue of voting rights. In the Southern states, African Americans faced many obstacles to simple act of vote. There were poll taxes, literacy tests, and...
According to Cosmopolitan, the shag haircut of the 1970s has become all the rage in 2026. That makes me grumpy because I’m still upset about the David Cassidy shag haircut my sisters made me get in 1973, when I was 11. Mimicking a Teen Idol As I explain more fully in my book, “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood,” Cassidy, the heartthrob star of TV’s “The Partridge Family,” was a huge star in 1973. Like millions of teenage girls, my sisters had a major crush on him. They told me I’d be the first kid at St. Germaine Catholic...
The National Night Out street party in Coulee Dam scheduled for Aug. 4 was postponed Monday due to smoke-related health concerns. The Coulee Dam Police Department's annual participation in the nationally promoted community get-together, always scheduled for the first Tuesday in August, was coming up at a poor time to hold a celebration, the city said in a broadcast text message and in an email to The Star. "We feel it would be unsafe to have people out in these smoky conditions," explained City...
Coulee Dam Police 7/20 - A woman received a call from an unknown number claiming to be someone from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office saying she needed to pay a $4,000 fine for missing jury duty. Police informed her that that office wouldn’t contact her regarding the judicial system and advised her she could always call the court directly to check on something of the sort in the future. 7/21 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted Tribal Police who arrested a woman for allegedly cussing at a child and offering the child marijuana, while being...
All-School Reunion Set Grand Coulee High School All - Class Reunion will be held August 28, 29 and 30 at North Dam Park, Grand Coulee. Friday gathering begins at 6pm with a noon picnic on Saturday. Please bring your classmates, stories & lawn chairs. Food Bank Hours The food bank regular hours are Fridays from, 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. 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 cCty. Wa. Need more info? Call Betty...
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