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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation workers on Grand Coulee Dam perform maintenance on the drum gates while the level of Lake Roosevelt is low Tuesday, an activity often scheduled in the spring when Reclamation operates the lake lower to make room for runoff. - Scott Hunter photo...
As in most of the country, housing in the Grand Coulee Dam area is in short supply, pushing prices high. “It’s happening everywhere,” said longtime local broker Merle Kennedy of Foisy and Kennedy. Nationally, prices on single family houses are up over 18 percent from a year ago, a trend that hold true in the Grand Coulee area, which Kennedy knows well. Speaking at a Rotary Club online meeting March 23, Kennedy illustrated with a story: A listing came up in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service on a Friday afternoon that he thought would inter...
Incidents of violence and other issues at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High seem to be decreasing after a few measures have been implemented. In her report to the Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors, Principal Sara Kennedy wrote that to address an “escalation in behavior incidents” they have implemented a few new measures. One new measure is that restrooms are now closed between class periods. Students can use the restrooms during class time after signing out of class, one at a time. Kennedy told the board that this has red...
Two drivers suffered a head-on collision in Grand Coulee about 1 a.m. Sunday when one crossed the centerline on SR-155 near Federal Avenue, the Washington State Patrol reported. Amy Glover, 39, of Wilbur was driving north in a 2018 Ford Explorer when it crossed the centerline, striking a 2004 Chevrolet Impala headed north. The Impala was driven by Malia Vogel, 26, of Almira. She told a Grand Coulee police officer first on the scene that she’d had to crawl out and that her leg hurt. The officer noted that front of the car was crushed to the f...
The Colville Confederated Tribes’ Resident Fish Program began stocking Rufus Woods Lake last week with triploid rainbow trout, the tribal Fish and Wildlife Department said. “We encourage the membership to take advantage of this opportunity the Resident Fish Program is providing,” they said. “All anglers are encouraged to provide information associated with their catch (e.g., date, location, boat or shore fishing, and approximate size) to creel personnel or by calling the Colville Tribes...
COVID-19 rates continue to decline overall as the incidence rate in Grant County had dropped to 48 cases per 100,000 residents over a two-week span as of March 23. The rate was at 79 the previous week on March 17, 123 the week before, and much higher, 1,458 on Feb. 11. The Washington State Department of Health shows a seven-day case rate for the county of 40 as of March 28. That said, an additional death was announced in Grant County Health District’s weekly update on March 23, that of an unvaccinated man in his 60s from Moses Lake who had a...
K-12 schools have more guidance on how to conduct active-shooter lockdown drills with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill prohibits schools from conducting drills involving life-like simulations or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not “trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate.” Additionally, students, teachers and staff will be alerted before carrying out a shooting-safety lockdown drill. Prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, said the legislation is needed to protect sta...
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School is purchasing a used car for its traffic safety/driver education program. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors on Monday approved the purchase of a 2017 Ford Escape for about $25,000 from Jess Ford using school levy money. The class has been leasing a Ford Fusion from Jess Ford. Superintendent Paul Turner said the four-wheel-drive Ford Escape has low mileage and that the school should get a lot of use out of it over the coming years. “We’re a district that champion’s drivers ed,” Turne...
EPHRATA — Grant PUD commissioners invited the public to resume in-person attendance during their regular board meetings, starting Tuesday, March 22. The commission had been conducting meetings virtually as a response to the COVID pandemic for the past two years. Now all board meetings will be held in person. Most regular commission meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at PUD Headquarters, 30 C Street SW, Ephrata WA 98823. To confirm times and locations of board meetings, visitwww.grantpud.org/commission-meetings, where a...
Locking your car is a strong deterrent to vehicle prowlers. At Electric City’s March 8 meeting, Sgt. Dan Holland of the Grand Coulee Police Department advised people to please lock their cars and noted an increase in car prowling in the area. He noted that all cars that have had items stolen out of them recently have been unlocked....
Grand Coulee Police 3/23 - Someone was camping at the former middle school in Grand Coulee on property between the school athletic field and St. Henry’s Catholic church. Police disassembled a campsite of a crudely constructed roof of tree branches and a fire pit. The person will be banned from the property if police find them. 3/26 - Police investigated an incident on Diamond Street in which a vehicle hit another parked vehicle, causing some damage to the bumper, and losing its license plate in the process. Police eventually located the v...
A. Bobbie Klobucher was born January 27, 1925 in Salem, Florida and passed away March 17, 2022 at Hospice of Spokane. She spent her growing up years in Florida and was working there when she met John at an USO Dance in January of 1945 and they were married May 3, 1945. John brought her out to the Wild West where their daughter Janice and son Dan were born. They enjoyed many years of camping, hunting and fishing. They also still loved dancing well into their 80’s. Bobbie worked at the local b... Full story
A Memorial Service for Helen Johnson will be held at the Spring Canyon Cemetery on Saturday, April 9th at 2 p.m. Following the service a reception will be held at the Grand Coulee Community Church.... Full story
NCW Libraries encourages all community members to celebrate National Library Week by visiting a local library location or exploring www.ncwlibraries.org to discover an array of library programs, services, and resources April 3-9 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the essential role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Connect with Your Library.” Libraries offer opportunities to connect with technology, media, progr...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders baseball team is off to a good start for the season with a 3-1 win-loss record so far. The Raiders lost their season opener to Cascade High School March 22 at the Peshastin-Dryden Sports Complex with a final score of 6-5. "We were ahead most of the game and they had a hit in the bottom of the seventh to score two runs to beat us," Head Coach Billy Nicholson said. "Everyone played well, we just didn't win." The next day in Okanogan, the Raiders beat the Bulldogs 7-6....
The Lady Raiders softball team has a 4-2 win-loss record after two wins and two losses this past week. LR lost a road game 11-9 against Cascade High School on March 22. LR Head Coach Jaci Gross explained that in the bottom of the seventh inning, Cascade hit a walk off homerun to win the game. Aaliyah Marchand pitched four innings for LR, striking out nine batters, walking four, and giving up four hits. Emma Marchand pitched the other three innings, striking out two, walking one, and also giving...
The Lake Roosevelt track and field team competed at the Ray Cross Invitational on March 26 where the all-girl team competed with over 30 schools of all sizes, ranging from 1B size to 4A. "This was a really big meet to start our competitions, and the experience will pay off as the season moves on," Head Coach Lori Adkins said. "The girls competed well against much larger schools." Adkins said most events had over 40 competitors. LR's highest placing athlete at the event was Carly Neddo, who...
Lake Roosevelt golfers hit the links Monday at the Oroville Golf Course where they competed with golfers from Oroville, Okanogan and Waterville. Terek Bush took third for the boys with 49 strokes over nine holes, with Oroville’s Will Moreau finishing in only 43 strokes. “Great day of golf yesterday,” Head Coach Steve Files said. “The course was in terrific shape, and the weather was very nice (though windy) for this time of year. This is the first year in a long time we have enough boys for a varsity team, so that’s pretty exciting for sure....
Tennis competed in Soap Lake on March 22, and hosted Okanogan on March 24. The Star was unable to get results from the matches. A match was scheduled for yesterday in Tonasket. A home match with Liberty Bell is scheduled for today, March 30, at 4:30 p.m....
At nearly midnight on March 10, the Legislature adjourned its hybrid session in Olympia on schedule. The 60-day Legislative session consisted primarily of Zoom meetings with some work completed in-person. It was a busy time for me as I continued as the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee’s ranking member. This session was particularly busy for education committee leaders due to continued school issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and school funding issues. I also sponsored a few individual bills and budget requests. In t...
The American Legion Hodges Post 84, Oroville Washington, is requesting that the State Department of Transportation honor the Veterans of the Vietnam War by dedicating State Route 20, from the Idaho border to the Skagit County line in Western Washington. Hodges Post 84 hopes to recognize the sacrifices made by Vietnam Veterans to the State of Washington and to the United States of America with this dedication. I will be asking our State representatives in Olympia and from Washington DC to help support this effort. I will be asking all of the...
Recently, Chris Cargill, Eastern Washington director of right-wing Washington Policy Center, advocated for a parents’ bill of rights to improve our educational system. But how would that help? Shouldn’t students themselves, especially at high school level, have at least equal voice to their parents since their education most strongly affects their own lives? Maybe Cargill thinks students and their parents agree on what would improve their education, but is there evidence of that? Polls show considerable disagreement between high school-age stu...
Karen is married to our son Nathan, and they live in Portland. An injury while riding her bicycle interrupted her play. She worked for Nike at the time and rode her bicycle, rain or shine, to the Nike campus where she worked. She rode about six miles a day and then hauled her bike aboard the transit for the rest of the way. She got clipped by a car one day and injured the fingers on her hand. The injury interrupted her violin playing, so I enjoyed knowing that her fingers had improved to the point where she could play again. A few years ago,...