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Grand Coulee Police 7/13 - A Grand Coulee RV Park resident was arrested for harassment and threatening to kill, then taken to jail. Following a social situation in which the man was texting a woman he had a history with, while both were at another residence, the man had reportedly made suicidal remarks. Police then spoke to him at his residence in the RV park. After police left, the man allegedly made threats toward law enforcement and the people who reported him, prompting police to return to arrest him. 7/14 - Police responded to a report of...
Here is this morning's update on the Chuweah Creek Fire from the incident commander, along with an updated map. Cooler weather is helping for now, and acreage estimates have been changed with better mapping. CHUWEAH CREEK FIRE UPDATE NORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 12 Incident Commander: Bobby Shindelar July 17, 2021 8:00 AM Operations Today: Firefighters continue to make good progress on the Chuweah Creek Fire, which was started by lightning on July 12 and is burning east of Nespelem.... Full story
The topic of ethnic studies being taught in public schools will be coming up in future school board meetings within the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Monday’s school board meeting continued even after it was adjourned as Superintendent Paul Turner told the board that they should be ready for the topic of “critical race theory,” to come up at future meetings. The term “ethnic studies” is used in state legislation, rather than “critical race theory.” Director of Communications Kate Payne of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instru...
Ben Hughes, running for Grand Coulee City Council, picks his battles when it comes to the issues, and among them is consolidation of Grand Coulee with Electric City. "I love the town, I want to help," Hughes told The Star on Tuesday about why he's running. "We have a really beautiful town full of great people and I want to help those people live a better quality of life if I can." Hughes, who has lived in Grand Coulee since 2015, is interested in bringing in businesses to the community, which...
Like the air we breathe, electricity, that magical stuff behind the light switch, is taken for granted by a majority of people. Flip a switch, the lights come on. We are dependent on energy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As populations continue to grow and their need for more and “cleaner” energy grows too, the demand for more production of it will become central in the not-so-distant future. The production of energy comes in many forms. We’ve been made aware of issues related to some forms...
Traffic backs up behind a heavy equipment hauler on the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Monday night while a driver figures out how to get a too-tall piece of equipment low enough to pass under the horizontal spans of steel across the bridge. The trailer's air suspension equipment was lowered, allowing enough space to back up a few feet, then unfold and lower the equipment's boom until the truck could be driven off the bridge. It was the second time within 10 or so years that such equipment...
A meeting to finalize plans for the GCHS Alumni Association All-Class Reunion will be held at 1:00 P. M. Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at the Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. The reunion takes place August 13-15 beginning with registration at North Dam Park on Friday the 13th at 6:00 P.M. Main event of the reunion is a catered picnic mid-day on Saturday at the park. If you are planning to be there for the picnic and haven’t confirmed your attendance, please call 509.533.0190 by July 20th and leave a message or notify your class c...
Notice of Special Election Okanogan County, State of Washington Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 A Primary Election will be held in the below mentioned districts for the purpose of submitting to the voters for their approval or rejection the following. Douglas/Okanogan County Hospital District No. 1 Proposition One-year Special Levy City of Pateros Proposition No. 1 Sales and Use Tax Transportation Improvements City of Pateros Council Position 1 Bridgeport School District #75 Director District Position 2 Nespelem School District #14 Director District... Full story
Grand Coulee police 7/6 - A suspicious man was reported near the post office and tavern in Electric City, talking to himself and picking up rocks. He told police he’d just picked up a rock to look at it, not to throw it at anyone or anything, and that he was waiting for a ride to Coulee City. 7/7 - Police were requested to check on an elderly man on Wenatchee Avenue who hadn’t been seen by his neighbor in some time. Police checked the residence but no one was there. They later learned the man was in Montana for the holiday. 7/8 - A camper at...
Local popular target-shooting spots are technically illegal because of federal laws, but state agencies say they are unable to enforce federal laws. A Star article June 16 examined the legality of a popular shooting range at Osborn Bay where a wildfire took place last month. The fire didn’t start at the main shooting range, as “Wildfire brings scrutiny of illegal shooting range” had reported, but at a former shooting area located roughly a quarter to half a mile south of the main shooting range, according to Electric City Fire Chief Mark Payne...
Five fires sparked by lightening Monday night have consumed more than 10,000 acres on the Colville Reservation, forcing evacuations around Nespelem, killing livestock, and burning seven homes so far, three of which had been occupied. The Chuweah Creek/Joe Moses fires near Nespelem have burned about 10,000 acres, a Mt. Tolman Fire Center release this afternoon said. It is 0% contained and burning in tall grass, sage brush and timber, driven by wind. Level 3 evacuations are still in place for resi... Full story
B Street’s closure has been extended as construction on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s fire station remains at a standstill. Grand Coulee’s city council passed a motion last month to allow Mayor Paul Townsend to sign a new agreement with the USBR for the continued closure of B Street near the construction site of the bureau’s fire station. Officials of the bureau attending the June 15 meeting via Zoom included Doug Anderson, chief engineer at the Grand Coulee Dam; Colby Clifford, the contracting officer for the fire station; and Misty Gates,...
Two cool kids bullet down a giant inflatable waterslide at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's Festival of America in front of Grand Coulee Dam on the Fourth of July. The chamber brought in a Spokane firm to keep kids cool and entertained in near-record heats as the festival resumed after a year in which nearly no events happened across the state due to the pandemic. Find more photos of the event, which also featured live music, vendors, food, and fireworks, on page 5. - Scott...
Melvin Lee Neal passed away Friday, June 25, 2021, in Moses Lake, Washington. He was born November 29, 1937, in Mason City (now Coulee Dam) Washington to Everett and Eloise (Cline) Neal. He grew up in Grand Coulee as an only child. Mel graduated from Grand Coulee High school in 1956. Later he lived in Grand Coulee and Kirkland, Washington moving to Moses Lake after he retired from M & K upholstery and quilt shop in Grand Coulee. Mel was an avid gardener, quilter and crafter. He was an active... Full story
Sherri Larson (Murray), age 55, unexpectedly departed the world on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at her home in Arlington, Washington. She was born in Brewster, Washington, to Gordon and Kathleen Larson on March 1, 1966. Early in her life, Gordon and Kathleen moved from Grand Coulee to the Seattle area, and Sherri was raised in Edmonds, Washington where she graduated from Woodway High School. Sherri was previously married to Paul Murray, and together they had their wonderful son, Connor Murray.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/28 - A woman on Lewis Street was concerned that a young fawn near her home didn’t see the mother nearby. Police told her that sometimes the mothers will leave the young for a while and then return, and to contact fish and wildlife if it was still there in the morning. 6/29 - The bathroom at the city park was vandalized with wet toilet paper, grass, and feces on the walls, ceiling, and hand dryer. - Police checked on a dog in a car at Safeway. The air conditioner was running in the car and the dog was not panting. Police s...
It’s the Fourth of July weekend, and with local towns all forbidding or severly restricting fireworks use this year, local residents will just have to enjoy the professional fireworks show that launches from the Grand Coulee Dam on Sunday, July 4, at about 10:30 p.m. following the laser show. In the wake of historically high heat over the last week, some municipalities that simply align with state fireworks laws are banning them this week. That includes Electric City, which held an emergency council meeting on June 29 to outright forbid ... Full story
An additional 28 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in local towns since May 19, and an additional nine deaths were reported in Grant County this week. Grant County Health District Tuesday reported nine additional Covid deaths, including a man in his 30s from Royal City; a woman in her 40s from Moses Lake; a man in his 50s from Moses Lake; a man in his 60s from Ephrata; three men in their 70s from Moses Lake; and a man in his 80s from Moses Lake. Nine of those recently confirmed dead from Covid were not vaccinated, the district said, and... Full story
How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking (extreme) heat wave? Luckily, we live and work in the Pacific Northwest, and are reaping the benefits from our well-connected power grid, which is supplied with abundant electricity. So far, only smaller sporadic power outages are attributed to the hot temperatures. From Seattle to Western Montana, blazing temperatures registering above 110 degrees gripped the region and even shut down the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in Eugene on June 27. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) an...
Bill Moore, 78, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Hewas born on June 29, 1942, to Lillian Taylor Moore & William Maxwell (Max) Moore in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He grew up in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was an only child, but played with his cousins, who lived nearby. He loved to read-his mother always told him "when you have a book to read, you are never alone". As a child, he read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. His father quit his job and... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/22- A man and woman on Roosevelt Drive apologized to police for arguing outside when police responded to the location because of the argument. - Police responded to Eden Harbor where a man reportedly was screaming profanities near the docks. Police found the man at the docks taking his clothes off, then jumping in the water. While he was in the water police asked him what was going on. The man admitted to screaming profanities. Police told him he was scaring people and to stop. Police have seen the same man screaming at...
An additional 25 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in local towns in just over a month. There have been 48 COVID-19 cases in the Grand Coulee and Electric City areas of Grant County since the pandemic began over a year ago, with nine of those cases coming in the past month. On May 19, when The Star last compiled an update on local numbers, Grant County Health District was reporting 39 cases in the Grand Coulee area. Since then, GCHD has listed cases in the local area on May 27, June 3, and June 21. GCHD recently switched to only reporting ne... Full story
“Koulee Kids Fest was such a great time!” Grand Coulee Dam Area Executive Director Rachel Haven about last Saturday’s event. “I believe it was a success. Kids were smiling from ear to ear all over town.” Three-year-old Cairo Billups won the iPad Mini and Beats headphones grand prize drawing that kids entered by participating in the event. This year’s Koulee Kids Fest featured L-Bow the Clown. “L-Bow the clown was so much fun!” Haven said. “L-Bow’s act included unicycling and juggling, making balloon animals and hats, and the grand finale of a f...
Eric Charles Smiskin, 50, Loving Son, Brother, Uncle and Faithful Friend, left us all much too soon, Saturday afternoon, June 19, 2021 from Nespelem, Washington. Born Monday, April 26, 1971 in Roswell, New Mexico to William "Bill" George and Sandra Mae Clark, Eric attended Lake Roosevelt School in Coulee Dam, Washington and went on to earn his GED from Washington State University. A proud member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville and the Catholic Church, Eric enjoyed spending time... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/15 - Police didn’t observe any puppies at large near Bachelor Square but did talk to the owner who wasn’t sure how the puppies could have gotten out. - A woman was pulled over on Midway Avenue for driving with a shattered windshield. An officer noted that she seemed indifferent about the shattered windshield. She was cited for the windshield as well as for driving without insurance. 6/16 - A woman on Electric Boulevard reported that she never received a package from her aunt containing stitched fabric of a family tre...