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Sept. 11, 9:30 a.m. update: The Cold Springs Fire is now at 187,689 acres and is 25% contained, according to a Sept. 10 update from the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team. Power companies are working on replacing poles and to restore power in affected areas. "Priorities today will focus on the area east of Omak Lake and the Haley Lake area," the update says. "This area is where the most fire activity is and firefighters on the ground will be assisted by bucket operations... Full story
The 2nd Harvest Mobile Market that had been scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed because of the smoke. It has been rescheduled it for Oct 6. Since 2006, the Mobile Market has provided fresh produce and other groceries at no cost to families, children and seniors experiencing food insecurity. Thanks to community organizations who sponsored and hosted the events and volunteers who helped distribute the food, the Mobile Market provided food for 1.4 million meals throughout Eastern Washington... Full story
You should probably sleep with the windows closed as smoke from fires along the west coast of the United States has gathered in the Pacific Ocean and is about to blow our way. The Washington Department of Ecology posted a satellite photo of the smoke on Twitter earlier today. "Here's the forecast we've been dreading," the tweet reads. "A huge mass of smoke from wildfires in [Oregon] and [California] has been building up off the coast. It's now headed our way." Western Washington, Southwestern... Full story
A 17-year-old barista in Okanogan tried to hide in the bathroom after a young man came into the Free Bird Coffee Stand on North Second Avenue, asked for water, then demanded everything they had. Okanogan County Sheriff Tony Hawley said the young woman was dragged out of the bathroom by the suspect, a man with tattoos on his face wearing a black jacket and white T-shirt. He left headed south, she told police. They were called at 3:10 p.m. Sept. 9, Hawley said. At 3:14, after Omak police, multiple sheriff’s deputies and the Washington State P...
Small businesses that operate in Electric City will be receiving some financial relief from the economically distressed times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Electric City council voted at their Sept. 8 meeting to approve distributing $24,000 in federal relief money to local businesses through a grant application process they held during the summer. The money comes from a grant program set up using some of the city’s $30,900 the city is qualified for in total in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds. The 12 b...
Cases of COVID-19 continue to accumulate in local counties, but the rate at which they occur has decreased for some. Here are the latest data for COVID-19 in Grant, Okanogan, Lincoln, and Douglas (GOLD) counties. Counties need an incident rate of 25 cases or fewer per population of 100,000 in the past 14 days to move forward a phase in the Washington Safe Start Recovery plan, and most local counties are far from that goal. As of Sept. 6: As of Sept. 8, Grant County has: 2,497 total cases, including 16 deaths; seven cases in the Grand Coulee Dam... Full story
A woman, a man, and a teenage boy from Portland, Oregon were arrested near Lamona in Lincoln County on felony residential burglary charges Wednesday. On Sept. 2, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call at about 11 a.m. reporting a residential burglary in progress in Lamona, according to a press release from Sheriff Wade Magers. Lamona is almost halfway from Odessa to Harrington along SR-28. Undersheriff Kelly Watkins, Deputy Chad Cunningham, and Deputy Luke Mallon responded to Lamona at Carlson Road. The reporting party d...
Lake Roosevelt Schools started Tuesday, beginning with conferences on the details of this first all-online quarter of the 2020-21 school year during the pandemic. Students and their parents or guardians arrived outside the school, where they had their temperatures taken and were asked about health symptoms. Inside, they picked up T-shirts, info packets, and checked out Chromebooks, one per household for now. When another order of the devices comes in, there will be one for every student. The...
The Grant County Commissioner #1 position is between Earl Romig of Moses Lake and Danny Stone of Hartline, both Republicans. Stone lives north of Hartline and Almira and manages a dry-land grain operation in Grant and Lincoln counties. He has served as a Precinct Committee Officer in both Lincoln and Grant Counties and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Grant County Republican Central Committee as the 12th Legislative District chair. "I am a Christian and a constitutional...
Sometimes it is strange the things that draw you back to your childhood. While driving the other day, I looked down at my left hand that was grasping the steering wheel. My hand looked exactly like my father’s. I often think of my parents, even though they have been gone for a very long time. My dad was a lifelong Democrat. The New Deal worked for our family, and making a negative comment about FDR would put you in peril around our house. There were many arguments around the house between my dad and two of his brothers. But one stern look f...
Grant County PUD customers will be happy to hear their electric rates won’t be going up anytime soon. PUD commissioners learned at their Aug. 25 meeting that the PUD is on track to meet most of its financial targets through 2025 “with virtually no annual electric rate increases to customers,” a recap of their meeting posted on their website reads. However, “conditions could change amid revenue uncertainty on the wholesale energy market and spending needs in the coming years as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemi...
“Standing at the foot of History” were the titles of Roger Lucas Reporter’s Notebook in the Star. This is really true in the Grand Coulee Dam Area. We live under the shadow of one of the Greatest Project ever built, Grand Coulee Dam. But there is some much more history in the Grand Coulee Dam Area than Grand Coulee Dam which visitors from all over the world flock to this area to see. I am glad that Roger and his family have had to the opportunity to visit so maybe places of history around these United States. I was born in Seattle and because a...
If you live in the Coulee, it’s likely you have an inkling of glacial history and the power that can be unleashed by glaciers. The Grand Coulee is prime evidence of glacial activity. There have been about a half dozen major Ice Ages in the history of Earth over the past three billion years. The landscape we live on was, in part, created by glacial activity, cataclysmic flooding and thousands of years of lava flows. Drive the Coulee Corridor and read the new roadside exhibits, or read about t...
Not only is the world in the grasp of the COVID-19 pandemic, but America’s western wildlands are burning up as well. Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters California has a dual crises: the massive wildfire complexes and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “At this time last year, California had seen 4,292 fires that burned 56,000 acres. So far this year, we’ve had 7,002 fires that have burned a whopping 1.4 million acres.” California reports more than 660,000 coronavirus cases. In Washington, the gig...
Town of Coulee Dam Public Notice NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING September 15, 2020, 2:00p.m. (Teleconference) To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Town Council of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington will conduct a Special Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 2:00p.m. Teleconference information can be found on the agenda posted to the Town’s website or by contacting the City Clerk at 509-633-0320, cdclerk@couleedam.org. Item’s on the agenda: 1. Comprehensive Plan Update No other business will be dis... Full story
Grand Coulee 8/31 - A woman reported that another woman was camping in the yard of a neighbor on Electric Boulevard. Police told her no laws were being broken. The woman who was camping said she was waiting to inherit several houses in the area, and had been here about seven months, and that her attorney said he would contact her in the Grand Coulee Dam area. The officer advised her to get a new attorney. 9/1 - A woman complained about loud music on Electric Boulevard the past couple of days. Police told her to call back when the music was...
Leah Frank and Stanley Paul of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Ford Franklin Paul, born Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include MaryJane Frank 16, Scarlett Frank 8, Hunter Paul 6, Nevaeh Paul 5, and Dejah Paul 3. Maternal grandmother is Sally M. Frank. Paternal grandparents are Marcella Wapato and Stanley Paul Sr.... Full story
Shyleen Fulton of Nespelem, Washington, is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Miya Elizabeth Rae Seymour-Fulton, born Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz., and was 19-1/2 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Phillip and Elizabeth Fulton. Great-grandparents are Tom and Wilma Bob.... Full story
Grant County Mosquito District 2 Meeting via Conference As the result of the COVID-19 and in accordance with the Governors social distancing, Grant County Mosquito District No. 2 will be holding the monthly meeting Thursday, September 10, 2020 via phone conference at 5:00 pm. To join the meeting, call 1-425-436-6260, then enter the access code 4096451, and then press the # sign. Lincoln County Fire District 9 to Meet Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m., this Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Nazarene Church, just...
William "Bill" Robert Trefry, age 75, of Selah, Washington, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Bill was born to, Cecil and Eleanor Trefry, on January 19, 1945, in Grand Coulee, Washington. He was raised on a wheat and cattle ranch in Del Rio, Washington. Bill graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1963. During his freshman year, his basketball team won the state championship. After high school he attended CWU. Bill had an entrepreneurial spirit, and was a... Full story