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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Grant County Health District (GCHD) observed an increase in COVID-19 infections on a local, state, and national level last month, the agency stated in a release Tuesday. • In Washington, there was a 14% increase in COVID-associated emergency department visits towards the end of June. Nationwide that increase was over 23%. • In Grant County, COVID-19-associated hospitalizations were back to over 2% for the first time since the end of the respiratory virus season in mid-April. • In Grant County, levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater incre...
Coulee Dam Police 7/7- Police told people playing loud music near a Banks Lake boat launch along SR-155 near milepost nine to turn the music down as they were disturbing others. - An officer assisted emergency medical services in getting someone on Kelso Avenue suffering from an overdose into an ambulance. 7/9 - Police were told that a Kelso Avenue residence was using water from hoses attached to faucets near storage units on Coulee Boulevard. Police contacted the owner of the storage units who spoke to the people using the water and told them...
The LRHS Class of 1984 will be holding its 40th reunion this weekend. Friday night (tonight) there will be a gettogether at Mark Payne's residence at 1 Washington in Electric City. On Saturday, July 13, meeting at Spring Canyon at noon on the beach where boats can pull up. Saturday night the class will be meeting at Horn's Electric City Bar and Grill with live music ”Love Stitch”. There will be a $10 cover for reunion attendants.... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's Festival of America drew good crowds all day July 4 and filled the park below the Visitor Center at Grand Coulee Dam for the STCU-sponsored fireworks off the dam that night. Chamber Executive Director Nancy Zimmerman-Boord said more musical acts got people from all over interested in the festival as a music venue, and the addition of a beer garden kept people in the park. She said the plan will be considered and refined for next year. The second...
The Ridge Rider’s Jr. Rodeo will be July 13-14 at the Ridge Rider Arena starting 9:00 am. This is a co-sanctioned event with Caribou Trail Jr. Rodeo Association and Eastern Washington Jr. Rodeo Association enabling and attracting more contestants. There are currently 203 kids registered aging from 3 years to18 with still more to come. These young athletes are from all over the Pacific Northwest. The Jr. Rodeo will focus on core rodeo events such as bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie down roping, break away roping, barrel r...
Coulee Dam Police 6/30 - Police assisted the state park service by responding to a report of a possible dead body near the Northrup Point boat launch. After speaking to one of two people who had reported the incident, police learned that she and her significant other had gone there to go fishing and someone was parked where they usually parked. There wasn’t an explanation in the report as to how that led to a possible dead body being reported. 7/1 - An Electric City resident reported losing keys to a Toyota Forerunner in recent weeks, but s...
Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 4pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City... Full story
Enjoy fun, engaging activities, reading recommendations and programs for all ages with our Summer Library Program. Join the friendly competition for cool prizes! It’s not too late to sign up! The summer program.Sharpen your communication and mediation skills in this six-part virtual series led by the Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution Center. Learn conflict dynamics and practice conflict resolution. *Teachers can earn OSPI hours! NCW Libraries Bookmobile is rolling into new territory this summer, bringing library service to some of the most r...
A pontoon boat makes its way up Banks Lake near the airport Tuesday proudly flying an American flag. As the Independence Day holiday approaches, the chamber of commerce has been busy fielding "a lot of [visitor information center] type questions" from people planning visits from out of state and the western side of Washington, coming for the local festivities. See The Star's guide to the chamber's Festival of America in the second section of this paper. - Scott Hunter photo...
The Grant County Fair announced last week that they are looking for an interested citizen of Grant County to serve on the Fair Advisory Committee. The committee advises the Fair director and county commissioners on fair related topics. The committee also assists in the preparation and running of the Grant County Fair. The position open is one regular member position. The term is three years with a maximum of two terms. There is no compensation for serving on the committee. An application must be completed and can be found at...
The Okanogan County Property Rights Coalition will hold an important meeting on Wednesday July 10 at the OCRP Headquarters at 647 ½ South 2nd Ave in Okanogan at 6 p.m. The Okanogan County Planning Commission has completed their review of the proposed revised Okanogan County Zoning Ordinance and has submitted their recommendations to the Okanogan County Commissioners for their review. Please plan to attend this meeting and notify any property owners that are concerned about the revisions to this document to attend as well....
Coulee Dam Police 6/17 - Police went to the area of River Drive and Elmer City Access Road to check on a female said to be sitting on the side of the road, but didn’t see her upon searching the area. 6/19-6/22 - Reports were filed for separate incidents including a citizen assist on Goodfellow Avenue in Electric City; assisting with a case related to burglary/unlawful entry at the former Center School in Grand Coulee; a family fight situation on Diamond Street; a traffic offense in Electric City; and a verbal disturbance at the bar in Electric...
Fire Dist. 14 Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, July 8, at 6:00pm at the Electric City Fire Station. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187.I In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. Food Bank Closed The food bank...
The Visitor Center Park in front of Grand Coulee Dam is a sprawling lawn just below an award-winning visitor information center that you can walk to learn more than you thought possible about the mile-wide concrete behemoth in front of you, but that might not mean much to your kids. That’s why the Festival of America organizers for the sponsoring Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will have games and activities, including cool water features, literally, to keep kids entertained and not overheated. So, you might want your kids to go p...
Parking at the park below the Visitor Center is extremely limited and usually fills up fast. Plan on parking along the nearby streets or in the overlook parking lots along highway 155, either above the dam, or just below the top. Grant Street, running uphill from the turn into the park, offers diagonal parking spots, but the rest of Coulee Dam (the town) has only parallel parking....
The Festival of America wouldn't be the FOA without good food and good, well, goods to sample. Here's a list of vendors we know are coming. There are no known unknowns, so anybody else who shows up would be an unknown unknown. (Look it up if you don't know, just for fun.) FOOD: • El Charro Birrieria • Inland Empire Concessions • Kettle Krazy • Km Enterprises Co • SweetLips LLC • Marsalee's Thai Foods & Ice Cream • Bubble Bee Tea • Wrap City • Captain's Cod Company MARKET VENDORS: • GriffG...
The stage at the Festival of America will fill with sound starting at 3 p.m. both days of the festival, featuring artists close to home as well as those making the trip over from Spokane and beyond. Hear everything from chill acoustic guitar solo artists to rock bands complete with brass and keys to get you on your feet even in the heat. Two bands headline on Thursday evening and two more on Friday. Read on for who's playing when, and bring your friends out for a great time at the dam!...
The Coulee Dam All Class Reunion was held in the Lake Roosevelt High School gym on June 21-22. Approximately 200 former classmates, some with their spouses and children, attended the event. The reunion included members and graduates from Mason City High School (1935-1947), Nespelem High School (1935-1956), Coulee Dam High School (1947-1971), and Lake Roosevelt High School graduates from the 1970s. The earliest graduates attending included James Bickford from the Mason City High School class of...
Masquers Theater is excited to announce the return of its week-long theater camp for children. This July, up to 35 children, ages 8-15,will spend their afternoons at the Masquers Theater in Soap Lake. The Masquers Summer Youth Theatre will run Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 26, from 1pm-5pmwith a 6pm performance on Friday, July 26. During this program, the children will rehearse for 5 days before putting on a full-length show: Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates by Martin A. Follose and music by Bill Francoeur. Clifford Bresee, of Coulee...
The Inland Empire Barrel Racing Association has set a race for June 29 and 30 at the Ridge Riders rodeo grounds in Delano. This is for all ages from peewees to seniors. Groups are based on the participant’s horse’s lifetime earnings from under $100 up to $2000 and the open. Race starts at 11am both days. Practice time runs from 10am to 10:30am. Poles will run after the barrels are over in an open 2d format. For more infirmation go to iebra.net under schedule, or enter the day of the race at 9:30am....
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187.I In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention Vets A Veterans Service Officer will be at the...
Coulee Dam Police 6/10 - Police received a call from the school where they were trying to unlock a car. An officer told them they didn’t have lockout equipment and they may have to call a company to unlock it for them if they couldn’t do it themselves. 6/11 - The owners of two dogs running at large in the Hillcrest Avenue area of Electric City were able to get the dogs back in the yard before police searched the area. Police warned the owners to be more careful to keep the dogs contained. One of the dogs was described as seemingly agg...
Coulee Dam Police 6/3 - An Electric City woman broke a man’s windshield with a shovel because she was mad at him. The woman admitted to hitting the windshield and told police she wanted him off of her property. The man chose not to press charges. 6/4 - The town of Coulee Dam received a fake $100 bill for a utility payment. The bill was marked as for “motion picture purposes.” The person who used the bill said he had received the bill from someone for lawn mowing services. He contacted police on a later date and explained his girlfriend had r...
Mosquito Dist. to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, Wednesday, June 13, 2024 at 4:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking....
The Inland Empire Barrel Racing Association has set a race for June 29 and 30 at the Ridge Riders rodeo grounds in Delano. This is for all ages from peewees to seniors. Groups are based on the participant’s horse’s lifetime earnings from under $100 up to $2000 and the open. Race starts at 11am both days. Practice time runs from 10am to 10:30am. Poles will run after the barrels are over in an open 2d format. For more infirmation go to iebra.net under schedule, or enter the day of the race at 9:30am....
