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There will be no school today for the Grand Coulee Dam School District due to the weather....
When it was all said and done, the Grand Coulee Dam School District Proposition No. 1 passed in each of the four counties where it was on the ballot earlier this month. The levy election was certified by county election officials in the office of each county auditor, who had to transmit their certifications on Tuesday to the state’s secretary of state. It was a squeaker, with vote tallying and signature checking often showing a winning margin in the 1-2% range and only in one county at times. But the final tally wasn’t as close. Overall, 1,7...
Mason Marin and his mother, Melissa Gross, are among those who turned out for the Turkey Trott on Thanksgiving Day as the sun broke through the fog on Steamboat Rock behind them. The 5K at 9 a.m. made a good excuse for over 60 people to eat more later. Kelly Buche, of Run the Dam, organized the event. She said a total of 73 registered for it. - Scott Hunter photo...
Electric City will set aside some of the money collected from tourists to make improvements to Coulee Playland, which sits on city-managed land. The city learned last month that it would need to invest in the campground to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act with an estimated $1 million in upgrades over coming years. City Clerk/Treasurer Peggy Nevsimal told the city council at their Nov. 22 meeting that the city usually budgets to spend money, itself, from its hotel/motel tax fund, but rarely if ever actually uses that budget line...
Lake Roosevelt's senior class trip to San Diego got a thumbs up from the school board Monday night, a reward for hard work at fundraising. "I have yet to see these kids not make goal," said class advisor Brandi Hansen. "They know what they want to do, and they're great at it." Their big trip at the end of May will take them on a tour of the USS Midway for at least three hours, to a nearby amusement park, and to the San Diego Zoo. The Midway is an aircraft carrier that was decommissioned in 1992...
Shoppers and sellers chat at Coulee Dam City Hall Saturday, where the Ridge Riders organized the Holiday Market bazaar. Vendors reported a steady flow of customers at the event. The Grand Coulee Community Church also held their annual bazaar and will open it again this coming Saturday, Dec. 4. - Scott Hunter phot...
Santa and an elf pause among the pre-decorated Christmas trees at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center Saturday, where the seniors will draw winners of the $1 raffle tickets for the trees on Dec. 5. - Scott Hunter photo...
There have been a few letters to the editor of The Star newspaper regarding the unofficial “announcement” of Dollar General Corporation being interested in establishing a store in Grand Coulee. I say unofficial because the origin of this statement was made by a non-employee of Dollar General Corporation. The corporation, which headquartered in Tennessee and was founded in 1939, currently operates over 18,000 stores in 47 states. Committing a bit of time, I searched the internet for bac...
I applaud Mr. Darryl Hackworth for his ambition and eye for opportunity — certainly that is part of our forward thrusting culture. However, I do believe there are some important facts to deliberate upon when considering inviting chain stores into our small community. Question #1: How well do such chain businesses as Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar support small towns and urban neighborhoods? Answer #1: Research reveals that in smaller, more economically vulnerable areas these chain stores actually add to economic distress. Q...
We shouldn’t need a date on the calendar to remind us to be thankful. I am thankful all year long for my family. While they are scattered from Louisiana to north of Everett, it is like they are with me all year long. On Thanksgiving there were a dozen who made it home to have a great dinner and report on a lot of the things they did since we were last together. They brave the weather to come, and make the long and sometimes tedious drives so we can be together. It isn’t often that we are all together at the same time, but frequent calls kee...
Last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that distillate inventories (which include diesel) were at their lowest levels since 1951—currently we only have a 27-day supply remaining. That means if all production is halted and we maintain our current usage, we will run out of diesel fuel in 27 days. And while this shortage impacts folks in rural communities the most, every single community will feel the effects. Farmers rely on diesel to fuel the equipment to harvest your food. We rely on diesel trucks to transport the f...
The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing on-line but making in-store purchases. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported this year an estimated 166.3 million people visited stores from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday----an 8 million increase from last year. It is the highest estimate since NRF began tracking this data in 2017. The good news extends to on-line sales. E-commerce retail revenues this year are projected...
Grand Coulee Police 11/21 - Neither party wished to pursue charges following a fight at a Bridgeport Highway residence. A woman had reported being pushed by a man during an argument, and pushing back. She also reported her tail light being broken, but there wasn’t any evidence to connect the broken taillight to those present during the fight. 11/22 - A Grand Avenue man reported a chainsaw and ax stolen from his property. A man in the Osborn Bay area had found a woodcutting job for him and wanted payment in return for finding the job. A disagree...
NCW Libraries wants to crank up the reading thermometer through the cold winter months. The library district’s annual all-ages Winter Reading Program kicks off Dec. 1 with a goal of collectively reading 1,000 books across North Central Washington through the end of January. The winter program is designed to motivate people to read by setting goals, logging their completed books or minutes read, and getting ideas from library staff and other library patrons. “Our winter program is all about reading for fun and creating a culture of reading acros...
Kylee Vera and Tevin McCraigie-Boyd of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Zayva Rosely McCraigie-Boyd born Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandmother Stephanie Dorsey. Paternal grandparents are Michele McCraigie and Lester Boyd. Great-grandmother is Yvonne Thomas....
The Enchanted Bookshop Christmas will be the Christmas play presented at the Masquers Theater opening Friday December 2 at 7:30pm, then Dec 3 and Dec 4 at 2:00pm. And presented the following weekend with a Friday 7;30 evening show on Dec 9, and 2:00 matinees on Dec 10 and Dec 11. This family friendly delightful play, written by Todd Wallinger, brings your favorite book characters to life at night in the bookshop during the Holidays and they decide to help the bookshop owner’s family who are visiting for Christmas. Director Marla Allsopp has a...
A Veterans Service Officer will be at the Electric City Post every 2nd Tuesday of each month from 12:00-5:00. For appointments contact Tony at 509.754.2011 ext. 5255....
Food Bank on Regular Hours Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are 1-3 pm Fridays. We will give out Christmas boxes on Dec 16, 12-3 pm. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. AA Meetings in the Local Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held Monday through Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. A new Alcoholics Anonymous group is...
Christmas is on our minds! Trees of Sharing 2022 decorated trees are now out with ornament tags with children’s wishes will be available at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Spokane Teachers Credit Union, and Harvest Foods. Please pick up a tag & fill the wish. • Monday, December 12: (Very important date!) All gifts, wrapped and with tags attached to the outside of the package, need to be returned to a ‘Tree’ location so they can be organized for delivery. • Saturday, December 17, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Trees of Sharing delivery of gifts Pl...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday announced new educational resources created to introduce students and teachers to public health and climate change data. Free Professional Development Course In an effort to engage students with local health and climate data, DOH unveiled a free professional development course for teachers that uses DOH tools and data to explore the connections between asthma and wildfires, which are one of the most obvious impacts of c...
6 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed local government agencies in Washington State (local governments) in Eastern Washington (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties), including - but not limited to - cities (Title 35 RCW and...