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Steve F. Marchand, 67 of Nespelem, Washington, lost his battle with cirrhosis on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at CMC in Grand Coulee, WA. He was born on June 24, 1956 to Earl Marchand & Sherry (Orr) Marchand in Coulee Dam, WA. He returned to Nespelem from Port Angeles, WA the summer of 1975 and found an old school mate and his forever love, Dalene (Nissen) Marchand. They returned to Port Angeles so he could finish his college stint. He then decided to come home to his Rez and start working. They married...
Charles Frank Long, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023. He was born on March 8, 1931, to Frank and Inez Long in Amherst Neb. He graduated from Amherst HS in 1948. He served his country during the Korean conflict with the Construction Engineers from February 1952 to January 1954. Except for the 2 years in the Army and 3 years working for a private contractor, Charles worked for the USBR his entire career. He worked on many dams and...
Grand Coulee Police 9/18 - A woman had yelled because the radio was tuned to another station before she left a Divi-sion Street residence. Someone had reported the yelling. Police spoke to a man who explained the situation and that no violence had occurred. 9/20 - A man in a wheelchair was reported as having assaulted two hospital employees. He was charged with the assaults and with interfering with a health care facility. The intoxicated man was taken to Grant County Jail. Because of his being in a wheelchair, he was taken in an ambulance. He...
Town of Coulee Dam Combined Notice of Public Hearing and SEPA Determination NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; The Town of Coulee Dam has published this Combined Notice of Application, Public Hearing of the Town Council and SEPA Determination to provide the opportunity to comment on the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The issued date of this notice begins a public comment period of not less than 14 calendar days. During this period written comments may be submitted to the staff contact. The file may be examined at Coulee Dam Town Hall, 300 Lincoln...
The race that lets people run across the top of Grand Coulee Dam drew hundreds on Saturday morning for 5K, 10K or half marathon run under blue skies. Organizer Kelly Buche said about 290 had pre-registered for the race, but far more than usual took advantage of late registration Friday night and early Saturday. She thought the total might come to about 350 runners registered. With the finish line at Banks Lake Park, the event also offered a beer garden with live music, arts and crafts booths in...
My name is Victoria Youmans, long time resident of the Columbia River living in Nakusp, British Columbia. As some of you may know, the water has been going your way most of the summer and continues to for the foreseeable future, while you have your summer recreation and nothing has changed for you. You would see a huge change in our back yard: our reservoir is almost at pre-dam levels and has left our lake to devastation. Our fish are dead on shores, birds abandoned nests with eggs, and marsh lands completely dried up. Not to mention our...
1 years ago The city of Grand Coulee is wrestling with whether to declare a moratorium on the location of marijuana gardens or distribution businesses within the city limits. The governing body of the Colville tribes amended its law Thursday to recognize same-sex marriages. 20 years ago Seking more safety in the schools and legal protection the Grand Coulee Dam School District passed a dress code Monday explaining what students can’t wear. After several years of no quilt shows in town the Zion Lutheran Church is presenting A quilt show S...
Grand Coulee Police 9/11 - A squatter in a Main Street apartment was allowed to leave without any incident. The owner didn’t wish to press charges as long as she left. 9/12 - A license plate was found at the hardware store and returned to the registered owner. - Someone reported that a dog inside a car at a gas station at Four Corners was gasping for air. The vehicle was gone once police arrived. Police noted the temperature as being 78 degrees at the time. 9/14 - A generator, VCR, and airsoft gun were reported missing from a camper on Roosevel...
It's not just a dam run anymore. Run the Dam has morphed into more than a 5K, 10K, or half-marathon race on Saturday, Sept. 16. Now a festival, RTD will offer vendors and food from 4-10 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday. It also features a Kids Korner with at least 15 activities. A beer garden will host six music acts Friday (1 - 11 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m. – 11 p.m.) And a motorcycle poker run will culminate at the beer garden in North Dam Park after riders make five stops t...
It is with great gratitude, humbleness and excitement that I submit this letter of thanks to the vendors who donated and made our first Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent’s Back to School Kick Off a huge success. We could not have done it without them. On the behalf of the GCDSD Board of Directors and our administrative team, we would like to thank the Tee Pee for donating all of the food, which included 250 hamburgers, hotdogs and buns. We would also like to thank Harvest Foods for donating all of the water and soda for the e...
Grand Coulee Police 9/5 - A citizen told police that an intoxicated man was walking in the road near Pole Park on SR-155. Police saw the man walking just off of the roadway on the other side of the fog line. He didn’t want to talk to police, and police told him to stay off the road. The man continued to walk and was near a restricted area owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. He insulted security personnel. Police told him to get off bureau property, he continued to walk. He also said that he had called for a ride. Police were relieved w...
From left, Nespelem School District Superintendent Effie Dean, Nespelem Directors Nancy Armstrong-Montes and Jarae Cate, Grand Coulee Dam Director Shannon Nicholson, GCD Superintendent Rod Broadnax, GCD Directors Rich Black and Alex Tufts, Nespelem Directors Anna Vargas and Jolene Marchand, and GCD Director Ken Stanger, pause for a photo during their joint meeting of the two school boards of directors August 30 at Siam Palace. Once a promised practice, the two board haven't met together since...
Coulee Dam is considering rezoning two properties for a use for which most people think they’re already zoned. Two buildings across Lincoln Avenue from city hall, built as dormitories in the 1930s, have been used as residences, a bed-and-breakfast, an assisted living facility, and as a place to stay for visiting medical professionals working at Coulee Medical Center. The current proposal would alter the city’s comprehensive plan to reflect such uses. A public hearing on the proposal will be scheduled, perhaps as soon as Sept. 27 if pro...
Marlene Oddie of Grand Coulee, and former local resident Nancy Cargo, now from Port Angeles, Washington, are semi-finalists at one of the biggest juried quilt shows in the country. The two have been chosen to display the quilt, 24 Karat Rondure, along with 210 others in the 2023 AQS QuiltWeek in Des Moines, Iowa to be held Sept. 27-30. Regardless of how their quilt places in the final judging, all semi-finalist quilts will be displayed at the show, which is expected to draw more than 10,000...
1 years ago Cheerleaders for this year’s football team at Lake Roosevelt High School include Sierra Townsend, Jennifer Reichlin, Tanya Ang, Natasha French and Brandin Smith. Port district officials recognize the value of volunteers praised for volunteers that cropped up at the port district’s monthly meeting last week when commissioner Dennis Lorman told how it would have been virtually impossible to run the Banks Lake golf course this year without them. Coulee Medical Center reported a net gain for the month of July of $124,899. 20 years ago...
George Kohout was born in Mason City (Coulee Dam) in 1945 to Ladd Anton Kohout and Avanell Frances Beck. He passed on to the Lord on Sunday, August 20, 2023. He lived in the Grand Coulee area all his life. His father, Ladd, died when George was very young. Eventually, Avanell married L.J. Flowers, a wonderful Texan father to George and his siblings. Growing up, George loved chasing cows and riding at the Alling ranch, his second family. He graduated as a Grand Coulee Tiger in 1963, went on the...
Gordon Lee Larson, 88, peacefully left this world for his heavenly home on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from McKay Healthcare in Soap Lake, Washington. Born in Mandan, North Dakota, on August 30, 1935, to John and Emma Larson, the family moved to the Grand Coulee area when Gordy was young where his dad worked on the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. After Gordy graduated high school, he enlisted in the United States Army where he spent time serving in Germany. Upon his return, he worked as a...
Caitlin and Connor Armi of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Apollonius-Dante Augustus Armi on Monday, August 14 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Liz and Roger Barrette of Sandwich, MA. Paternal grandparents are Julie Maki of Port Orchard, Washington and Greg Armi of Los Altos Hills, California....
Megan and Justus Caudell of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Taite Ann Caudell, born Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 6 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Rocksie Timentwa, Hartlyn, Gracyn, and Tri Caudell. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Apryl Meier of Worthington, MN. Paternal grandparents are Debbie Caudell of Keller, Washington and Gregg Caudell and Betty Caudell of Republic, Washington....
Grand Coulee Police 8/28 - A semi-truck had somehow “dropped a load” of apples on the road and sidewalk near the gas station in Coulee Dam. An officer removed some of the apples from the sidewalk, didn’t see them as a traffic hazard, and reasoned that local wildlife would eat the apples soon enough. 8/29 - An Alcan Road property owner was cited for a code violation and for public nuisance after an officer observed two motorhomes, accumulating tires, and other garbage on the property. The owner said an occupant was being evicted. 8/30 - An of...
Request for Proposal from a qualified Energy Services Performance Contracting Providers The Keller School District School Board of Keller Washington requests qualifications and proposals from energy services providers licensed in the State of Washington. A qualified provider will be selected for the purpose of implementing energy efficiency projects and will develop and prepare a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract pursuant to the guidelines set forth in Washington Code RCW 39.35A.030. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is due on September 28th,...
The plan is to make it across the country in 44 stops, while along the way garnering even more pledges of support for veterans' causes, and, around here, dodging wildfires. A group of bicyclists stayed overnight in Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee Saturday, leaving early Sunday morning on day five of their trek that started at the naval airbase on Whidbey Island. Their "Navy '83 Ride Across America" will get them to their Naval Academy class of 1983 reunion in Annapolis, Maryland in October. Allan...
Grand Coulee Dam area residents may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Friday, September 8 from 12 pm to 4 pm at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. This event is for waste generated by households only. Containers will not be returned. Hazardous products have labels with words such as danger, caustic, flammable, and poison. Examples include oil-based paint, used automotive oil, paint thinner, rechargeable batteries, solvents, brake fluid, aerosols, spot removers, drain openers, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, mercury...
Grand Coulee Police 8/20 - A woman told police that while driving toward the Four Corners intersection, her ex-boyfriend was driving in front of her. She realized her brakes didn’t work and was unable to stop at the stop sign. She said that her ex swerved in an attempt to cause a collision. Police spoke to the boyfriend who explained he had swerved to avoid a collision, and that he had been aware there was an issue with the brakes on the woman’s car. Police determined that there was insufficient evidence a crime had occurred. The woman was tol...
Firefighters from at least 10 different agencies fought a "stubborn" fire on a windy Friday weather forecasters had predicted could be a bad one. It was. The fire dubbed the Plum Point Fire erupted the same afternoon fires near Coulee City, Quincy, Medical Lake, and Elk started amid a Red Flag warning by the National Weather Service that fires that starting in the windy, dry conditions could spread rapidly. Initially estimated at 60-80 acres about 1:15, the Plum Point Fire was finally kept down...
