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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Pavement maintenance and road repair jobs will mean detours and parking restrictions over the next six weeks in Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee and Electric City. The $1.9 million project, funded entirely by a state grant from the Transportation Improvement Board, or TIB, begins on Monday, Aug. 12. The contractor has 30 working days – until the end of September – to substantially complete the job. The exact order of which street segments get completed when was not available by press time, but Granite Construction Company will have multiple crews wor...
Snow cones and cotton candy were police business during Coulee Dam's National Night Out event on Mead Avenue Tuesday night as Officer Josh Watkins hands an icy treat to a boy while Chief of Police Paul Bowden helps an assistant with the cotton candy production. The national event on the first Tuesday in August annually is designed to get police and community members together in a positive way. It also featured tribal police, firefighters, a city hall booth making root beer floats, Reel...
Around one in five Washington households qualify for a $200 credit toward their power bill–including residential customers in the Coulee area. It is fast and free to apply online, but applications must be in by September 15. The credit is available to customers served by Grant County PUD, the Town of Coulee Dam, Nespelem Valley Electric Co-Op, Ferry County PUD, Avista and some 40 other utilities across the state. More than 675,000 households in Washington will qualify, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Commerce. T...
Central Washington’s longtime man in Congress, Rep. Dan Newhouse managed a majority in Grant County in last night’s primary, but that was the only county he won of the eight that the 4th Congressional District reaches into. Newhouse was bested by challenger Jerrod Sessler, one of three fellow Republicans seeking to oust him from his seat following Newhouse’s vote in 2021 to impeach then-president Donald Trump. Newhouse was leading by a nose in Grant, according to unofficial results at the Secretary of State’s Office, but overall, the distric...
It wasn't supposed to be in the cards this year. But an unexpected cash injection from a Medicare lump sum adjustment led CMC's board of directors to earmark funds for demolition of the four grain bins across Highway 174 from the hospital, probably this fall. At the CEO's request, the board authorized up to $275,000 to pay for the work, necessary for "employee safety and creating room for expansion," according to the formal resolution. "We decided, in keeping with the idea of hopefully getting...
Soon you will see homemade signs popping up in areas where we have had major wildland fires. It’s difficult to find a way to adequately share our thanks to firefighters who man the fire lines and in many cases risk their lives to protect homes and properties of those they have never met. High temperatures these past weeks have made the woods and grasslands tinder dry. We have been spared of major fires here for a couple of years, but fires at Swawilla Basin and Bridge Creek on the reservation and the brief fire that started near Sunbanks r...
I must commend the editor for printing the letter from Carl Russell in the July 24th issue of The Star. It illustrates the incoherent and misinformed ramblings and disjointed thoughts of a third grader. I’m sure the editor cringed or shuddered when he sent this tripe to print. If this guy sends any more letters, spare us all and round file them right where they belong. We are all dumber for having to read it. I won’t deign to respond to Carl, other than to suggest he shuffle into the dust bins of history, along with his buddy Trump. To rea...
States across the western United States are being ravaged by intense wildfires, especially here in Washington. Every day, our wildland firefighters, pilots, and emergency response teams are on the front lines trying to suppress damaging fires while protecting communities across the state. This year, wildfires have already burned over 230,000 acres in Washington, and as summer temperatures stay hot and winds pick up, they have the potential to destroy even more of our forests, ranches, and communities. Our area has unfortunately suffered extreme...
Our national debt is spreading out of control like a raging wildfire. Among other things, that added liability impacts our ability to fight those fires and reforest those scorched woods and range lands. Replanting trees is necessary to prevent erosion, provide clean drinking water, reduce CO2, protect fish and wildlife habitat, and rehabilitate public open spaces. It is very costly and under current funding schemes, the money is not available. Our national debt just surpassed $35 trillion for the first time in history. Those we elect brush...
Grand Coulee Police 7/29 - Police were unable to locate a girl who had kicked her mother’s bedroom door on Weil Place, causing damage, before taking off on foot. The mother didn’t wish to press charges. 7/30 - A woman reported her house on Dill Street had the door forced open and that pots were missing from the kitchen. She requested that a man seen cutting a fallen tree in her yard earlier be banned from the property. 7/31 - A man reportedly threatened to shoot someone at Steamboat Rock State Park. A State Parks ranger requested ass...
August 11, 1934, 137 prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. They were the first prisoners to arrive and be housed in the new Federal Penitentiary. The majority were transferred from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. Prisoners continued to arrive; they were the incorrigibles. Among their ranks were notorious bank robbers, gangsters, murderers and counterfeiters. By the first anniversary of “The Rock” being opened, it had a population of 242 prisoners. Frank Weatherman was the last prisoner to leave the Federal Pen...
Firefighters plumed the area in smoke for a few days over the last week, but their prescribes burns paid off. The Swawilla I Fire encompasses 53, 462 acres and is 94% contained as of about noon Tuesday. The Bridge Creek Fire is 100% contained at 3,998 acres. Its 50 firefighters were to be transferred to the Swawilla I Fire. There are still 556 personnel on that fire, and a change of incident management teams has transitioned to the next phase of fire management. The Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 6 handed the fires off to the Souther... Full story
On Sunday, June 30th, Jim McDermott, 64, bid farewell to this world to join his much-missed family; parents: Carol and Sham, and brothers: Dan and Kyle. He is survived by his sister, Kendra. Jim's younger years were filled with humorous moments and shenanigans. Many would find themselves on the receiving end of a spider ring he had cleverly hidden, or being called upon to star in one of his creative and hilarious skits. He would often be found laughing and reminiscing with his family and friends... Full story
Chauntayle dishes up some huckleberry ice cream for two young customers at Harvest Foods Friday afternoon as two other customers enjoy their dishes in the background. Huckleberry seemed to be trending at the time. The store was giving out dishes of ice cream to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the Duclos family business in Coulee Dam. - Scott Hunter photo...
Grand Coulee High School all School Reunion this weekend, August 9,10 & 11. Friday night gathering and registration North Dam Park starting at 6:00. Saturday morning the new history room will be open at the old High School building. The association will host a picnic at North Dam Park 12:00 on Saturday. Everything provided, you may want to bring a lawn chair. For further information on varies gatherings contact your class coordinator....
Jasilynn Schilling and Mason Saulque of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Caine Dillyn Saulque born July 11, 2024, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs. and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Athena Saulque age 2. Maternal grandmother is Charlotte McGinnis. Paternal grandparents are Leslie Sterns and Weetya Saulque. Great-grandparents are Leroy St. Peter, Gwyn Dick, Juliann Saulque and Vernen Saulque.... Full story
Mosquito District to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 4:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Fire District #14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, August 12, at 6:00pm at the Electric City Fire Station....