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We're all in this together
A proposed reduction in high school secretary hours has become a flash point in the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s broader struggle to close a mounting budget gap, with staff warning of strained student support and administrators describing a years-long squeeze of rising costs and falling enrollment. High school secretary Tammy Norris told the school board that trimming one secretary position from 9 to 7.5 hours a day is more than a simple line-item cut. “In a district our size, there is no extra, there is no cushion,” Norris said...
A pair of bald eagles on Saturday appear to be considering moving into a new home in west Coulee Dam. It's not clear what the osprey couple that have occupied the nest for many years might have to say about it when they make their annual return in a few weeks. The osprey pole was erected by the contractors that put up the large high voltage towers that convey the powerlines across the river to Grand Coulee Dam. The nest was originally on a smaller power tower that was replaced by Wilson...
Grand Coulee’s recently adopted Ordinance 1105 is headed back to committee after city officials concluded they need clearer direction on how to enforce it and how quickly property owners must comply. The council briefly revisited the ordinance near the end of its Feb. 17 meeting, focusing not on whether to keep it, but how to implement it. ClerkTreasurer Lorna Pearce told council members that as staff prepared notification letters to business and property owners, several unanswered questions emerged. Chief among them: Who is the designated...
OLYMPIA – Sens. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, and Curtis King, R-Yakima, rolled out their bipartisan supplemental transportation budget Feb. 23, emphasizing its focus on preservation and maintenance, job creation and safety. Liias, the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, said the supplemental budget prioritizes the preservation and maintenance of the state's highways, bridges and ferries, as well as responding to infrastructure damages caused by the December 2025 flood. The proposal...
Five Lady Raiders ended their season at the Tacoma Dome in the 2026 WIAA State Wrestling Mat Classic Feb. 19-Feb. 21, scoring 59 points as a team and placing 20th out of 73 teams. Senior Sienna Atchison finished the season with a 33–16 record and placed fourth at the state tournament. After an early loss, she battled back with four consecutive wins before falling in the medal round. She contributed 20 team points. Senior AJ Cannon finished her season with a 22–19 record and was just one win...
Thank you, Anna Kirk, for your support, and your letter was right on. I received several thanks for the letter and even a phone call from Wilbur in agreement for the letter to the editor. Jamie Holman If you cannot see what the Democrats are doing in Congress and Senate you are very naive about what is going on with the criminal illegals. Some city Democrat mayors are cooperating with Ice & border patrol with no problem. But most of the Democrat Cities are not cooperating like Minnesota and calling the ICE officers Gestapo, Hitler Brown...
I chose a week’s stopover in Taiwan because I had special arrangements set up with the government there. My congressman at the time was Lloyd Meeds. He had some influence there because his wife was Chinese and knew a lot of government officials. I was set up in a very Chinese hotel with a car and driver at my disposal. I didn’t know at the time that I would land there in the midst of the Chinese New Year celebration. It was The Year of the Horse and the capital was jammed with traffic. It apparently is the custom to pay your debts with...
February 26, 1919. The United States Congress passed an Act establishing the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona. The park is composed of over one million acres of Northwestern Arizona, including the spectacular are of the 277-mile canyon cut by the Colorado River. The region is still home to Native peoples. The Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, Paiute, Havasupai and Hualapai. Prior to the middle of the 19th Century, little was known about the geography of the Grand Canyon. Spanish explorations were in the general region. Vasques de Coronado...
There’s a lot of hatred in the world today. For a while, starting from when I was a young girl, it was classless to openly display your bigotry. People would whisper among themselves about “the others,” and epithets were spoken at cocktail parties and behind closed office doors, but people were savvy enough not to come to work wearing white sheets. Lately, however, that has changed. I’ve already talked about the damage being done to our Jewish communities by the blatant antisemitism displayed by anti-Zionists of all stripes, including...
Final Quilt Tying The Ladies of Zion and Friends are tying quilts thru February every Wednesday 9am to 1pm. For those wanting to help and learn how to tie a quilt, come and help. The finished quilts go to The Crisis Center and World Relief. Usually the group will tie 60 some quilts with another 20 done at home. It’s a good way to learn somthing new and a good thing helping some one in need. A few quilts will stay at the church for emegency. For information please call 509-633-0648 Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group now...
Grand Coulee Police 2/10 - 2/17 - Reports filed without additional information related to: a traffic accident on Grand Coulee Avenue; disorderly conduct on Dill Street; a family fight on F Street; a suspicious person on SR-155 near milepost 29; disorderly conduct at Four Corners; and a suspicious person on the Bridgeport Highway. 2/14 - Police spoke to a woman out of a relationship whose ex had taken the keys to a car registered to both of them. The officer said he would try to locate the man and ask for the key back, since he had two other...
NCW Libraries invites the public to explore the powerful and often overlooked stories of early African American artists and performers in a free virtual Humanities Washinton program. The Vanguard Generation: African Artists 1880-1918 will take place on Thursday, February 26 at 6:00pm through Zoom. This online presentation examines the first generation of African American artists whose work helped shape American popular culture in the decades following the Civil War and before World War I. Many of the artists featured in this program were the...
There is a $50 charge for obituaries published in the Star. This includes a photo and up to 500 words. Reminders for Celebrations of Life and Death Notices are $25. Articles must be either e-mailed, faxed or dropped off at the Star office. They will not be accepted over the phone. The deadline to submit an article is Monday by 5 p.m. For more information, call 509.633.1350 or visit our website at... Full story
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders wrapped up what Coach Casey Brewster called an "incredible showing" at the WIAA Mat Classic in the Boys 1B/2B division, finishing the weekend "with grit, pride, and 141 total team points on the biggest stage in Washington high school wrestling." As a team, they took fifth place in the state. "This group battled through one of the toughest state tournaments in the country and proved once again that Raider Wrestling belongs among the elite," Brewster said. Among them...
The Lady Raiders will head to the first round of state Saturday, after vanquishing Mabton in the game for third or fourth in District 5 last weekend. The Vikings (13-11) are the top team in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference East, but the Lady Raiders (14-10) took them down in East Wenatchee last Saturday, 61-37. Despite that score, Lake Roosevelt took some time catching up after Mabton's early five-point lead and did not pull decisively ahead until late third quarter. which ended for...
Kenzie Brown was named last week as an Athlete of the Week by the WIAA. "Junior captain Kenzie Brown has stepped up in a major way during the postseason, leading Lake Roosevelt both on and off the court. A dynamic shooting guard, Brown leads her team in assists and steals while also serving as the top scorer, tallying 91 points in postseason play alone. Her two-way impact and steady leadership have guided a young Raiders squad through key games, and she consistently displays outstanding...
