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After firefighters took care of hot spots inside Sunday night, some pull at siding material on the eaves outside as they work at venting smoke from a house at 705 Birch in Coulee Dam. A firefighter said it was described as a chimney fire. Much of the smoke in the photo actually may be steam in the frigid temperatures in the teens about 11:30 p.m. A young couple standing outside said they had help for the night. Firefighters were seen from the Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam and...
With two school levies on the ballot for the Feb. 8 election, one teacher/parent/taxpayer weighs in, and you can too in an online survey. The two levies — the Educational Programs and Operations Levy and the Capital Levy for Safety, Technology and Facilities Improvement — would bring in an estimated combined total of $1.4 million and $1.7 million annually from 2023 through 2026. The Star reached out to a handful of teachers at Lake Roosevelt via email for comment. Pam Johnson, who teaches language arts at the high school and has been a tea... Full story
Colleen Manley, who started her career as a teller and rose to CEO of the largest credit union headquartered in north-central Washington, died unexpectedly Monday from natural causes. Manley worked at CDFCU for 43 years, starting in 1979. She became president and CEO in 2008, and saw the credit union triple in size before last year’s merger with Spokane-based STCU. After the merger, STCU retained Manley as regional president, leaning heavily on her knowledge to continue meeting the needs of the communities in Okanogan, Ferry, Douglas and L...
There have been 13 new cases of COVID-19 reported in local towns since Dec. 30. Grant County Health District updates case counts on Thursdays, rather than every weekday. explained Public Information Officer Misty Aguilar. But cases seem to be up again, with at least 13 new cases in local towns reported in the past week. In their Jan. 6 update, GCHD reported 502 additional cases since Dec. 30. The Grand Coulee and Electric City area of the county shows 173 covid total cases since the pandemic...
School sports restrictions have been tightened up again with the Omicron COVID-19 variant becoming prevalent in the area. The Grant County Health District detailed the restrictions in a press release for "Region 7," which includes Grant, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Adams, and Okanogan counties. The extra precautions include items like some limits on attendance at games, indoor masking requirements, eating in a designated area, and following the covid attendance rules set by a statewide school...
Whitney and Brandon Schmidt welcomed Selivia, the first baby born in 2022 at Coulee Medical Center, into the world on Jan. 6. Brandon on Sunday holds his newborn daughter at home. She joins her brother Collin, 7. Selivia weighed 7 pounds at birth and was 21 inches long. - Scott Hunter photo...
It’s not going away if we accept defeat, it will just keep attacking. Complaining about the unfair, changing “rules” is useless. There are no rules but one: Don’t give up. A good friend who knows better couldn’t help recently expressing that feeling of resentment, which is held by probably everyone who’s been alive over the last two years. No, it isn’t fair, whatever you imagine that might mean in the context of a non-thinking clump of reproducing molecules that can make you or your loved ones sick to death, literally, not just of masking yo...
As a parent of students at our local schools, I plan to support the levies that are coming up on the ballot in the next few weeks. I hope you will too. Generation Z will need to solve a lot of problems over the coming decades. One of them will be how to care for an aging Generation X, and what to do with our old BMX, inline skating, and X Game-wannabe injuries. We all thought we were going to be Dan Cortese or Gabrielle Reece. And for a brief, glorious time . . . we almost were. But at what cost? I mean, there was no real concussion protocol...
Trees of Sharing 2021 culminated Saturday, December 18 with the delivery of wrapped Christmas gifts to 118 children in 54 families. The Trees of sharing Committee thanks every person who supported this project by making a cash donation or purchasing gifts for children who might not have otherwise received one this Christmas. Trees of Sharing extends special appreciation to Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Coulee Family Medicine, Harvest Foods, North Cascades Bank, and Safeway Pharmacy for help with collecting children’s names and/or displaying t...
We have had great luck with neighbors. Thinking back to our earliest days together, and up to the present time, we have always had good neighbors. Just recently, and after our latest snowfall, is a good example of good neighbors. I heard noise from outside and went to the door to look out, and there was Gasry Norris plowing out the end of my driveway. Gary is former owner of H&H Grocery and has a blade on the front of his pickup. Not only was Gary cleaning up our driveway but proceeded to go down the street and do other driveways. At the...
Lorna Marie (Padula) Oberg age 65, was born on February 6, 1956 at Kellogg, Idaho to Loren and Evelyn Padula of Smelterville, ID. Lorna passed away on December 31, 2021, at home in Grand Coulee, Washington. Lorna was a loving wife and mother and loved fishing with her husband and visiting with her grandchildren. She enjoyed spending time with her family boating on Lake Roosevelt, Lake Coeur d'Alene and Lake Pend Oreille. Lorna married Bob on July 27, 1971, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the... Full story
Nadine Christina Saulque, 42, passed away Friday morning, December 24, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. Born Saturday, November 3, 1979, to Vernon & Juliann Jack-Saulque in Omak, Washington, Nadine attended Paschal Indian School where she was a cheerleader. She loved being around and caring for children. Nadine always creative - enjoyed beading, crochet, drawing and spending time in the kitchen baking and cooking meals. She loved to walk everywhere, going to casino and out of town trips.... Full story
Dwain Edward Rawley was born in Poulson, Montana on February 2, 1949. He grew up in Coulee Dam, Washington and was a true child of the 50's. He spoke glowingly of his mid-century, small town childhood, often telling stories of camping, fishing and hunting in the forests and hills of central Washington state. He would often tell us of how his "shoes would come off on the last day of school and wouldn't go on again until after Labor Day." Dwain grew up loving all things mechanical and all things... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/2/22 - Police went to E Street at about 5 a.m. where a man reported his neighbor had pulled up with loud music. He asked him to keep it down, which made the neighbor angry. The neighbor then reportedly was talking outside loudly on the phone. The man again asked him to keep the noise down, which prompted the neighbor to come onto his property in a fighting stance. Police were unable to talk to the neighbor. 1/4 - A woman on Roosevelt Drive reported feeling threatened by a neighbor’s pit bull being let out. Her husband s...
North Central Washington residents checked out, downloaded and streamed more than 700,000 books, movies and other materials from NCW Libraries in 2021! While facing the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the library district was able to keep its doors open for all but three weeks of 2021 to provide library materials, virtual and limited in-person programming, enhanced online resources, and bookmobile and outreach services. “2021 was a pivotal year with reopening all of our branch libraries to expanded hours, increasing staff, and providing m...
Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 13, at 4 p.m., 210 W Coulee Blvd., Electric City. Blood Drive Monday The Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive will be held noon to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 17 at the American Legion Building (Vets Center), in Electric City. All blood types are needed, especially type O blood. For more information call 1-877-258-4825 to make an appointment....
The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders beat ACH last week, but then suffered their first basketball loss of the season at the hands of Okanogan. The Lady Raiders won a road game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline by 39 points with a final score of 74-35 Jan. 4. Audrey Hansen was LR's scoring leader with 16 points, followed by Halle Albert, who scored 12. Shyanne Marchand and Cylia St. Pierre each scored 11, and Zalissa Finley scored 10. Finley dominated in rebounds with 12 in the game. She also had five...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders suffered their first basketball loss of the season at the hands of Almira-Coulee-Hartline, and then their second loss of the season to Okanogan. The Raiders lost a road game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline by just one point, 65-64, their first loss of the season Jan. 4. The Raiders were up 64-63 with 10 seconds remaining when the Warriors made a layup to take the lead, and LR was unable to sink a last-second shot from far away. In Coulee Dam three nights later, the...
The Raider wrestlers have a home event scheduled for tonight, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m. with Okanogan. The event was rescheduled from Jan. 6 due to snowy weather that day. A Jan. 8 Cascade High School event in Leavenworth, where snowfall was measured in feet. That event is not rescheduled yet. A girls’ wrestling event is scheduled on Jan. 13 at 5 p.m....
Town of Nespelem Accepting Applications The Town of Nespelem is accepting application from interested contractors and vendors wishing to be placed on the Small Works and Vendor Rosters. When the Town seeks to construct a public works project or improvement meeting state mandated guidelines, the Small Works Roster may be utilized. The Vendor Roster may be used to purchase, materials, supplies, or equipment. All interested contractors or vendors are invited to contact Town Hall at 509-634-4691, clerk@townofnespelem.com or stop by 330 9th St... Full story
