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Workers in protective gear on top of Grand Coulee Dam get inundated with dust as they sandblast a lowered drum gate Friday. The gates hold back Lake Roosevelt when it's close to full, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation takes advantage of lower lake levels to get some maintenance done. The lake was at about 1,249 feet above sea level at this point, following a curve similar to last year but a little lower, earlier, and about at the average low point in early May. "Full pool" is 1,290 when these...
Police arrested two men last week after “an alert citizen” reported the two were burglarizing storage units on SR-174 near Lakeview Terrace, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The sheriff’s office asked Grand Coulee Police to respond until deputies could arrive. Sgt. Dan Holland and Officer Shaffer arrived and split up to search different facilities. L&M Storage owner Rod Boutaine told Shaffer the two were headed down Spring Canyon Road. Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden also responded. Before long, Shaffer had them at gunpoin...
Elmer City got the largest grant in Okanogan County last month from the state Recreation and Conservation Office to develop a comprehensive parks and recreation plan that will be used for planning projects and applying for construction funding. The town will get $68,350 for the planning. Oroville was the only other town in the county to get a grant from RCO among those who applied in November 2022. Oroville got $40,000. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office announced the award of more than $2 million in grants to help...
OLYMPIA – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Monday announced $197 million in funding for the federal Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) program -- more than $25 million of which will come to the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for 14 Washington state projects. Washington’s single largest award under the program is more than $10 million for the Kittitas County Resilient Landscapes project, which plans to do wildfire fuel reduction projects on 3,400 acres near Cle Elum over the next four years. “This funding is a game-...
People gathered at the Coulee Dam City Hall ballroom Saturday for the return of the yearly Pancake Dinner to benefit Okanogan County Fire District 2 in Elmer City, their 59th and the first since Covid restrictions nixed the fundraiser. Brad Dudley, who was busy handing out $1 raffle tickets pre-folded in bundles of 10, said the event was a financial success. The raffle brought in $1,999, he said later, the silent auction another $3,300. The actual dinner tickets brought in about $3,500 before...
Grand Coulee Police 3/8 - Police received a complaint about someone “blasting” music at apartments on Continental Heights. Police went there but didn’t hear any music. A resident said she had not been blasting music and that she hadn’t heard music be blasted either. - A city worker told police that a woman arrived at the city shop on Dill Avenue and threatened to sue her. After some arguing, which included profanities, the woman left. Police spoke to her at her home. She told police the city worker was out to get her. The woman said she was...
Wesley O. "Wes" Seyler, 71, of Wilbur, Washington passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Spokane, Washington. A Community Wake and recitation of The Rosary for Wesley will be at 7:00PM on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 at the Inchelium Community Center in Inchelium, Washington. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00AM Friday morning, March 24, 2023 also at the Inchelium Community Center. Graveside services will follow at Kewa Cemetery. Wes' full obituary will run in the next edition of the Star...
Sharon Ann (Wiese) Rinker of Mansfield, Washington passed away just after her 90th birthday, around 10:50pm the evening of Monday March 13, 2023. Sharon Rinker was born Sunday, March 12, 1933 to Herbert Walter Wiese and Catherine Adeline (Lunday) Wiese. She was the 2nd of three siblings. Saturday, June 18, 1949 Sharon married Willard "Bill" Rinker at St. Benedict's Catholic Church of Coulee Dam, Washington. Willard passed away in 2016, following their 67 years together. Survived by her...
William "Billy Joe" Mollenberg, 74, of Coulee Dam, Washington, "Loving Dad, Grandpa, Adventurer and Classic Car Guy", left us the morning of Monday March 13, 2023, from Grand Coulee, Washington. Bill entered this world Tuesday, June 8, 1948 to Jefford Mollenberg & Leona Seastrom in Oregon State. As a child Bill was adopted and lovingly raised by his grandparents: Eark & Emma Toulou-Crawford. Bill excelled as a member of the Inchelium High School Hornets Basketball and Baseball teams, graduating...
Isaiah Frank Adolph, 20, known as "Shark Boy" to Friends and Family, of Nespelem, Washington, left us all much too soon on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Born in Grand Coulee, Washington to Noland and Mitzi Seymour-Adolph, on Saturday, September 21st, 2002, Isaiah graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 2021. A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and Catholic Church, Isaiah was always active and with a ready smile for all. He enjoyed gaming, being on "Tik Tok", playing a round of golf...
The Raiders won their first baseball game of the season 10-2 against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats Friday in Coulee Dam. "Our seniors had solid starts to the season," Coach Billy Nicholson said. "Everyone played well and contributed." Tanner Kiser struck out eight with no earned runs in four innings. Brit Egbert scored four times in the game. The Raiders played Okanogan last night, there, and will host Davenport at 4 p.m. Thursday....
In the semester High Honor Roll the following should have been included: Freshman Lamiyah Gentemann, *4.0 and Mylia Gentemann High Honor Roll....
The Legacy of Love youth barrel clinic will be held at the Nespelem Jr. Rodeo Grounds on April 1. This clinic is being run by Jackie Gudmundson and Jodi Fox. For entry forms call Sindy Jackson at 509.634.4395 This clinic is for ages 7-18 and is in memory of Deb Achord...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WEST COULEE DAM LIFT STATION General Notice Town of Coulee Dam (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the West Coulee Dam Lift Station Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received by the Owner via electronic submission only, until 2:00 PM, April 12, 2023 local time. Bids will be opened and read aloud virtually via the following link: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/opy-wegi-idy Join by phone (US) +1 505-445-2467 PIN: 694 455 289# A bid summary will be issued after...
The Raider tennis season is now in full swing....