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Mist rising off Lake Roosevelt is backlit by the sun rising behind Grand Coulee Dam Tuesday morning. - Scott Hunter photo...
Grand Coulee Police 11/11 - An empty can of stewed tomatoes proved to be a ruse. A broken brake light led police to pull a vehicle over on Midway Avenue. A tribal police dog named Thor indicated there were drugs in the vehicle. The driver denied an officer’s request to search the vehicle, resulting in the vehicle being towed to the police station and parked in the garage secured with evidence tape. A county judge allowed a search warrant on the car, which revealed the empty stewed tomatoes can on which the bottom unscrewed to reveal a white p...
Construction work at the Grand Coulee Dam Fire Station is closing in on the final few months of construction activities. As of Oct. 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said Monday, the bulk of the electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and the fire protection systems had been installed. The exterior concrete masonry veneer and the polished concrete floors also had been completed. Focus areas for November will be the remaining interior work, terrazzo floors, exterior...
Leon David Desautel, age 40, of Ephrata, Washington passed away on Friday, November 3, 2023. Born Monday, January 24th, 1983, in Davenport, Washington to David and Penny Desautel. Leon Graduated in 2001 from Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam, Washington where he was a member of the "Raiders" Football, Baseball and Wrestling teams. However, Leon's favorite high school class was "Auto Shop" under the tutelage of teacher Steve Hood, during which they built a "Stock Car". Following...
Christmas is in our heart and on our mind! Trees of Sharing 2023 is launching this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families in need by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Since the early 1980’s, the Trees of Sharing program has been one way for Grand Coulee Dam Area residents to be a blessing to local children. If you know a family with children under age 18 living in the Coulee as far north as Belvedere that could use the encouragement of having Christmas gifts provided, please take time to fill out Trees of Sharing sli...
Grand Coulee Police 11/6 - An electrical hazard near SR-174 and Burdin Boulevard caused a power outage in town and was likely the cause of an alarm activation at North Cascades Bank. Police checked on the bank and found it to be secure before assisting the fire department with traffic control at the scene of the electrical hazard. - Police went to the post office where there was a report of a man saying he wanted to murder people. While there, police spoke to a homeless man from Spokane who...
Public Notice City of Coulee Dam ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 812 – an ordinance fixing the amounts to be raised by Ad Valorem Taxes for the Year 2024. Ordinance 813 – setting salaries and wages for officers and employees of the town for the calendar year 2024 and repealing ordinance No. 808. Ordinance 814 – amending the 2023 budget as adopted in ordinance No. 806 and amended in ordinance No. 809. Full and complete copy of the above ordinances are available by contacting City Hall during normal business hours. Stefa...
Congratulations on your prestigious WNPA award. You are sooooo worthy of being recognized for all the hard work you have put into The Star for so many years. We certainly recognize the problems that go with owning a business. But providing local information in an unbiased way is a big talent. We also thank you for all of your work promoting and improving the Grand Coulee Dam community. Jim and Mary Jane Bailey...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Gloves, scarves, hats and other warm outerwear for children are also welcome. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at NCB through the end of October. Please help keep our local kids warm this winter! If you have any questions about the coat drive, please call 633-1700. NCB, Member FDIC...
Christmas is in our heart and on our mind! Trees of Sharing 2023 is launching this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families in need by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Since the early 1980’s, the Trees of Sharing program has been one way for Grand Coulee Dam Area residents to be a blessing to local children. If you know a family with children under age 18 living in the Coulee as far north as Belvedere that could use the encouragement of having Christmas gifts provided, please take time to fill out Trees of Sharing slip...
Grand Coulee Police 10/30 - A senior center trustee was banned for one year from the center because the president of the center was unhappy with the trustee’s behavior toward a contractor scheduled to work on the building. She was confronting the contractor regarding permits, which the president said weren’t yet necessary as the contractor was only dropping off supplies. The trustee turned in her key, and police explained she was still allowed to use the public sidewalks and streets by the building. - A collapsible cart was left near Weil Place...
Public Notice Announcing Public Review Period for Adoption of the Odessa Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adopting the 2012 Odessa Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) produced by the Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the State of Washington, represented by the Washington State Department of Ecology. The FEIS examined the potential to replace groundwater with Columbia Basin...
Grand Coulee Police 10/23 - Police used Narcan to help revive a man who was overdosing on fentanyl. His pulse became stronger and he awoke. An emergency medical crew assisted the man further upon their arrival. 10/25 - A Wenatchee Avenue property owner sent police security footage of a man walking onto her property and trying a doorknob. Police recognized the man and spoke to him at a place he stays on Kent Street. The man said he was expecting a large settlement and would be interested in buying a home, which is why he was at the empty and rec...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors October 27, 2023 1:30 p.m. Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors will be holding a Special School Board Meeting via Zoom on Friday, October 27th at 1:30 p.m. Regarding the nursing contract....
From left, Anita Eylar, Marie Anderson, Stan Cass, Lonna Bussert are pleased with the Moose Lodge's entry into the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's Scarecrow Trail. The chamber is asking people to vote for their favorites. Maps for the entries are on page 10, along with a website and QR codes. We found most of them and include photos in this issue, plus a few more not entered but worthy of it. - submitted photo...
Levi Johnson sees public safety as the most pressing issue facing Electric City. So do his fellow officers. Johnson is a police officer in Grand Coulee, as are two other candidates running against incumbents for Electric City council seats. Johnson, who joined the Grand Coulee Police Department in 2015, says that's no accident. When the Electric City Council decided to change its police services contractor, choosing Coulee Dam over Grand Coulee last year, they took notice. "I think that's kind...
Grand Coulee Police 10/16 - After he called asking about them, police relayed over the phone that a man’s boat and truck had been towed. 10/17 - Police checked on an alarm activation on Dill Avenue and found all doors secured at the address and no signs of forced entry. - Police spoke to a Midway Avenue business owner who said that a delivery driver delivering beer to a neighboring business has on multiple times parked in front of her business, this time blocking access to a handicap parking stall. Police spoke to an owner of the neighboring b...
Most streets in Electric City could be in for some upgrades if the grants come through, a long-hoped-for waterfront trail should be built by late next summer, and the city’s corroding sewer pipes might be saved with a lining for over $1 million, a small group of citizens attending a meeting at the fire hall learned Tuesday night. Trent Ward, of Century West Engineering, the city’s consultant, said the 8-foot-wide trail along SR-155 from Coulee Playland to North Dam Park will cost about $870,000, including a two-foot gravel pathway on each side...
If you were planning to rent out a shipping container or RV on your property in Coulee Dam, or use it for events such as weddings, sounds like you’re out of luck, but the town council heard last week exactly how short rentals will be allowed and under what circumstances. Mike Manning, of SCJ Alliance went through a long list of requirements Wednesday night during a public hearing before the regular council meeting, seemed like common sense, but some added restrictions you might not think about. Among those are an annual requirement to pass a...
On Homecoming night October 7, 2023, at about 11 p.m., I witnessed a Coulee Dam Police SUV travel through Grand Coulee at a very high speed with blue lights on. I would guess 70 miles per hour or more. If there would have been anything in his way it would be roadkill. To Coulee Dam, get a hold of your officer. Our officers in Grand Coulee may not do the traffic control that I like but they do show common sense. Robert Fields...
A discussion on a persistent problem with vaping at school turned into an opening conversation on how to solve that and other discipline problems for some students at Lake Roosevelt Schools. Layla Flett, a student representative on the board of directors for the Grand Coulee Dam Area School District, cautioned the board and superintendent Tuesday night that some measures may not work as intended. The subject came up when Superintendent Rod Broadnax asked Flett how she thought the school year was going so far. Flett said the only real issue she...
Gone are the days when the area was served by two volunteer ambulance services, one in Coulee Dam, one in Grand Coulee, which now is the only one left. That’s getting to be a big job for the few volunteers left on the crew. And the city of Grand Coulee knows it’s picking up the whole tab. Grand Coulee Councilmember Tom Poplawski told local mayors at their Regional Board of Mayors meeting last week that the city would like them to start thinking about helping out with a specific portion of the cost. Every time an ambulance rolls out of the sta...
Geoffrey N. "Geoff" Foot, 72, longtime resident of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed on Wednesday morning, October 4, 2023 to meet Jesus his Savior face to face. Born Monday, August 27, 1951 in Seattle, Washington, the eldest son of Earnest John and Dorothy Jean Foot, Geoff grew up in Alderwood Manor, Washington. As a youth, Geoff reveled in spending time out of doors, often raising extra money cutting Alder trees for his neighbors. Following graduation from Meadowdale High School in Snohomish...
Grand Coulee Police 9/29 - A truck pulling a trailer that was loaded in a too-heavy manner tipped over when leaving the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation industrial area on SR-155, resulting in the truck and trailer being in the roadway. Police diverted traffic until the USBR brought in equipment to remove the truck and trailer. 10/2 - Police told someone at the Eagles how to get a restraining order against a man who asks customers for money and help outside the establishment on the public sidewalk. - Responding to a 911 hangup call, police spoke to...
Running and kicking the ball can seem more important than putting it through a goal when you're 4 or 5 on soccer night. These kids in that age category in the Grand Coulee Dam Youth Soccer League demonstrated that at the former middle school Tuesday evening, where the kid-size goals sometimes got in the way. Parents watching from the sidelines seemed content to watch the energy get burned. - Scott Hunter photo...