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Grand Coulee Police 3/28 - Four “safety chains” were stolen from the dumping area of the Delano transfer station. It cost the station $318.07 to replace the chains. The manager showed police a cut section of fence believed to have been used to access the station, and estimated the cost to repair the fence to be about $200. - Police saw a man using a dipstick to try and gain entry to a vehicle parked on Alcan Road. The man told police he had permission from the owners to try and gain entry to the vehicle. Police spoke to the owners of the veh...
Over 400 individually curated Easter baskets stand ready at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Senior Center Monday after volunteers put them together recently for the center's annual fund raiser. They go on sale today, Wednesday. - Gwen Hilson photo...
Grand Coulee Police 3/21 - Police spoke to three females and a male in a car that ran out of gas and was parked on the dirt road to the Crescent Bay area off SR-155. The officer estimated them to be about 18 years old. There was an empty Twisted Tea alcoholic beverage on the floorboard, and it appeared that the three young women had smoked marijuana, while the young man hadn’t, and said he had been the one driving. One of the young women was sitting in the driver’s seat, and allegedly gave police a fake name. She faces charges of making a fal...
Workers in protective gear on top of Grand Coulee Dam get inundated with dust as they sandblast a lowered drum gate Friday. The gates hold back Lake Roosevelt when it's close to full, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation takes advantage of lower lake levels to get some maintenance done. The lake was at about 1,249 feet above sea level at this point, following a curve similar to last year but a little lower, earlier, and about at the average low point in early May. "Full pool" is 1,290 when these...
Police arrested two men last week after “an alert citizen” reported the two were burglarizing storage units on SR-174 near Lakeview Terrace, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The sheriff’s office asked Grand Coulee Police to respond until deputies could arrive. Sgt. Dan Holland and Officer Shaffer arrived and split up to search different facilities. L&M Storage owner Rod Boutaine told Shaffer the two were headed down Spring Canyon Road. Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden also responded. Before long, Shaffer had them at gunpoin...
Grand Coulee Police 3/8 - Police received a complaint about someone “blasting” music at apartments on Continental Heights. Police went there but didn’t hear any music. A resident said she had not been blasting music and that she hadn’t heard music be blasted either. - A city worker told police that a woman arrived at the city shop on Dill Avenue and threatened to sue her. After some arguing, which included profanities, the woman left. Police spoke to her at her home. She told police the city worker was out to get her. The woman said she was...
Sharon Ann (Wiese) Rinker of Mansfield, Washington passed away just after her 90th birthday, around 10:50pm the evening of Monday March 13, 2023. Sharon Rinker was born Sunday, March 12, 1933 to Herbert Walter Wiese and Catherine Adeline (Lunday) Wiese. She was the 2nd of three siblings. Saturday, June 18, 1949 Sharon married Willard "Bill" Rinker at St. Benedict's Catholic Church of Coulee Dam, Washington. Willard passed away in 2016, following their 67 years together. Survived by her...
William "Billy Joe" Mollenberg, 74, of Coulee Dam, Washington, "Loving Dad, Grandpa, Adventurer and Classic Car Guy", left us the morning of Monday March 13, 2023, from Grand Coulee, Washington. Bill entered this world Tuesday, June 8, 1948 to Jefford Mollenberg & Leona Seastrom in Oregon State. As a child Bill was adopted and lovingly raised by his grandparents: Eark & Emma Toulou-Crawford. Bill excelled as a member of the Inchelium High School Hornets Basketball and Baseball teams, graduating...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WEST COULEE DAM LIFT STATION General Notice Town of Coulee Dam (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the West Coulee Dam Lift Station Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received by the Owner via electronic submission only, until 2:00 PM, April 12, 2023 local time. Bids will be opened and read aloud virtually via the following link: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/opy-wegi-idy Join by phone (US) +1 505-445-2467 PIN: 694 455 289# A bid summary will be issued after...
A recently formed non-profit group threw an introductory event Friday night to introduce its vision and hopes, which started with friends putting on a fishing tournament but now embraces much more. Nic Alexander told a group gathered at Voltage Coffee House after hours that the new "Reel Recreation" non-profit aims to encourage kids to get outside. The group sponsored the informal event. The group of friends originally got together to take over the management of the Grand Coulee Dam Area...
Kyla Wells and Mason Hobrecht of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Alice Hobrecht on Thursday, March 1, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Jenifer E Pera and Shawn Pera. Paternal grandmother is Tia Hobrecht....
Grand Coulee 3/2- Two men on King Street were reportedly taking items from a residence and placing them in their vehicle. The driver of the vehicle explained to police that he had given a friend a ride to pick up some items. The friend used to live at the residence but had been evicted months prior. There were no locks or “no trespassing” signs on the residence. The friend tried to run from police but was apprehended. Police contacted the property owner, who wished to press charges. There wasn’t evidence that the driver had committed a crime...
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT Notice of Application and SEPA Determination of NonSignificance Date of Issuance: March 15, 2023 Lead agency: City of Grand Coulee Agency Contact: Lorna Pearce Clerk/Treasurer PO Box 180 Grand Coulee, WA 99133 (509)-633-1150 Description of proposal: The Grand Coulee Wastewater Facility Plan addresses the City’s comprehensive planning needs for wastewater treatment and disposal for the 20-year planning period. The Plan identifies the improvements required at the City’s WWTF site. It also includes planning for col...
In a process that started in 2019, the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors approved Monday the signing of a contract with consulting engineers to fix the heating and cooling systems in the only part of the old high school still standing for nearly $1.8 million. The board met Monday night in a Zoom meeting with engineers from McKinstry, in Spokane. Jack Knudsen told them they hope the work will be completed during the summer, "but there's a good chance it won't." The old...
With the announcement last month of the school district superintendent’s coming retirement, the Grand Coulee Dam School District is seeking public comments on what attribute’s they should look for in replacing him. The home page of the Grand Coulee Dam School District website at gcdsd.org contains a link to a survey with 10 questions. “Your responses to the following questions will assist the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors and Northwest Leadership Associates develop the position description and leadership profile that...
Linda Marlane Bethea, 67, of Elmer City, Washington, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2023, in Omak, Washington. Born Wednesday, October 19th, 1955, to James H. and Waunell Bethea in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, Linda graduated from high school in Las Vegas, Nevada. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Coulee Dam, Washington, Linda retired from the Bureau of Reclamation at Grand Coulee Dam where she worked in the Clerical Department. For relaxation, Linda enjoyed reading...
Grand Coulee 2/27 - Police went to the senior center where items had been left outside. Some of the items were suitable for donation to the senior center’s thrift store, such as clothes and books, while other items were better suited for trash, such as broken electronics and a dirty animal cage. An address found on a pool floatie gave police someone to talk to on Bowen Avenue. There, police spoke to a woman who said that her husband and she hadn’t donated items, but were in the process of cleaning out their home. Police observed items pac...
PUBLIC NOTICE Noxious weed consultants of the Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County will begin inspecting properties on March 20, 2023, in accordance with RCW 17.10.160, for the purposes of general inspection, the taking of specimens of weeds, and the performance of eradication or control work. If there is any landowner who objects to these inspections, please notify the Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County at (509) 754-2011, Ext. 4710, by March 20, 2023. Signed: Ron Tebow, Chairman; Wes Sieg, Vice-Chairman; Summer Sahli, Director;...
The Grand Coulee City Council appointed Ruth Dalton Tuesday night to the council position left vacant by the death of then-councilmember Mike Horne last year. Dalton, retired from Coulee Dam Credit Union, was appointed by unanimous council vote, sworn in, and took her seat at the table last night. Mayor Paul Townsend appointed her to the public safety committee, the joint wastewater treatment plant board with Electric City, and a committee that oversees the facilities at city hall and the library. Those are relatively less complex than some...
Morris "Boozer" Barnaby, 69, of Elmer City, Washington and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in Spokane, Washington. Born Wednesday September 16, 1953 in Nespelem, Washington to Donald Angus & Elizabeth "Betty" Desautel-Barnaby, Boozer attended Grand Coulee High School, where he was a proud member of the "Tigers" Basketball, Cross Country and Track Teams. Following graduation in 1971, Boozer began a 37 year career with the Bureau of...
Nevin Mark Pfaltzgraff, 67, of Elmer City, Washington, passed away in Grand Coulee, Washington the morning of Sunday, February 12th, 2023. Nevin was born Sunday, November 13th, 1955, in Garkida, Nigeria, West Africa to his medical missionary parents Dr. Roy E. & Violet Pfaltzgraff, who specialized in the research of Leprosy prevention and treatment. When he was 17 years of age, Nevin moved to the United States, graduating from high school in Philadelphia. A man of many talents, Nevin was a...
Grand Coulee Police 2/19 - Police pulled a car over on Grand Coulee Avenue for going 55 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone. Police noticed an open Busch beer can in the driver’s cupholder. Asked how much he had to drink, the man said, “too much.” He blew a breathalyzer result of 0.276, more than three times over the 0.08 limit for driving. The man was cited for driving under the influence, speeding, and driving with a suspended license. He was not taken to jail because he had dogs with him and no one to take them, and the officer’s report notes t...
Notice of Special Board Meeting Of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors 505 Crest Drive Coulee Dam, WA 99116 5:30 p.m. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding a special board meeting Monday, March 6th at 5:30 p.m. for the approval of the McKinstry Contract and the 2023-2024 school calendar....
Grand Coulee Police 2/10 - After speaking with a couple residents in the neighborhood of Wenatchee Avenue, police weren’t able to find out anything more about a disturbance involving people arguing and then a tan sedan and white pickup leaving the area. 2/11 - An Elmer City man faces a domestic violence charge and malicious mischief charge after breaking a window at a Continental Heights residence following an argument with a woman. The man left the Continental Heights area on foot and was said to have then gotten a ride, according to the w...
Coach Pleasants was surprised when he walked into the banquet room at the Coulee Dam Community Church to be greeted by dozens supporters there to wish him well and honor his time as a Lady Raider coach. Wallace "Peewee" Pleasants coached the Lake Roosevelt High School girls' basketball program for 12 years, ending in 2022 at the state tournament in Spokane, each year punctuated with motto to drive home a lesson. His coaching career started 24 years ago, when he coached his son Mathew's...
