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The Here for Good Foundation, STCU’s charitable foundation, is encouraging donations at innovia.org/stcu-here-for-good-foundation to support communities impacted by recent wildfires in the Inland Northwest. All funds donated are tax deductible and will be administered through local non-profit organizations to support rebuild and recovery efforts in local communities. The credit union seeded this effort with a $50,000 contribution. “The various fires impacting our region are devasting to watch unfold,” said Marty Dickinson, STCU’s Chief Marketi...
Rod Broadnax, the new superintendent at Grand Coulee Dam School District, points to another slider with "hustle" after coming down the inflatable slide on the football field. The inflatables were a contribution by the Colville Tribes to Broadnax's vision of an initial kickoff to the school year after he solicited their help and invited Nespelem School, specifically. The TeePee donated 250 burger and buns, and Harvest Foods supplied soft drinks. "This is who I am," Broadnax said after looking...
Many fingers are again pointed at electric utilities because downed power lines are suspected of starting another horrific wildfire — the one that raced through Lahaina killing hundreds of unsuspecting people. Who would have imagined that one day, the historic Hawaiian capitol on Maui would be a thriving tourist destination and 24 hours later it would be piles of smoldering rubble and ashes that included remains of people? Cellphone video reveals that high winds downed live electric lines, which...
It’s not certain exactly how the wastewater treatment plant that serves the roughly 2,000 citizens of Grand Coulee and Electric City will keep operating after nine days from now. That’s when its current operator will retire. Currently, Grand Coulee has no one to replace that employee, and the city has been in talks to outsource operating the plant to an independent company on a contractual basis. That’s if the union representing employees will allow it, or if the contractor can justify that wage scale. All of that is uncertain, even unlik...
Update: 9:12 p.m. Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Dept Chief Ryan Fish said all Grand Coulee units were leaving Plum Point. Multiple fire departments were working the fire in Lincoln County. The fire began to grow again about 3 p.m. after it had looked like it was about under control until the wind kicked up. At 5 p.m. three Fireboss planes arrived, and worked for more than half an hour, repeatedly dousing the fire with water from Lake Roosevelt. By 6:30 p.m. flames were mostly knocked down but...
Less than an hour after a caller reported a blanket-wrapped, badly smelling object on Omak Mountain Aug. 9, Colville Tribal Police found a woman’s body that still has not been identified. Okanogan County Dispatch transferred a call to Tribal Dispatch about 5:25 p.m. The original caller reported being in the Omak Mountain area and seeing what appeared to be a blanket wrapped around something, covered with dirt and sticks, and which had the odor of a dead animal. Tribal police responded and searched the area. At about 6:12 p.m., tribal law e...
Evan Jones finishes harvesting a field of wheat on George Dormaier and Sons land along Bodeau Road in Lincoln County Monday in shimmering heat as temperatures reach over 100. Wednesday and Thursday should be scorchers too. See our forecast on page 3. A National Weather Service excessive heat warning is in effect until 11 p.m. Thursday, but a fire weather watch was not set to expire until 8 p.m. Friday. - Scott Hunter photo...
Electric City voters will be asked to decide on whether to de-annex a part of the city they agreed to add back in 2009. The city council voted Aug. 8 that the city should place a measure on the General Election ballot in November to shed the city of some lands annexed to the east of SR-155 south of the causeway across Osborne Bay that belong to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation or the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Other lands on the other side of the highway, including the area containing Sunbanks Lake Resort, would remain within...
The Colville Tribes announced the passing of former Chairman Michael Finley Aug. 9 as The Lucy Covington Government Center began flying flags at half-staff in his honor. Among his notable accomplishments, the three-time chairman of the Colville Tribes presided over Colville’s Memorandum of Agreement in 2008 with the Bonneville Power Administration for acquisition and management of habitat for resident and anadromous fish. While chairman, Finley served also as chairman of the Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association for Indian Trust Funds. In 2012 t...
he founder and executive director of the Coulee Dam-based Northwest Native Development Fund is leaving his post. Ted Piccolo announced the move in an email Tuesday afternoon, saying he was leaving the community development financial institution simply because it is time for change. “There may never be a ‘good’ time for a founding Executive Director to leave a company,” he wrote. “However, there are ‘best’ times. Some are better than others. Within the scope of managing change this is probably the ‘best’ time.” “Ted says see you later- Not go...
Lacy Ward has been working hard and got caught doing it - by the new school district superintendent. Superintendent Rod Broadnax honored Ward Monday night with the first of what he calls the "Superintendent's Spotlight" for "going above and beyond." Broadnax said since his arrival July 1, he's been observing employees and noting who he thinks should be recognized for extra effort, noting Ward's work several times. Ward runs the SHARP Kids program, which engages students after school and had a...
Fire fighters scrambled to attack five fires that started Sunday afternoon as a slow-moving lightning storm torched brush and grass in Douglas and Grant counties and prompted a "county-wide" call from local fire chiefs. In Douglas County, a fire at Road 28 Rex was first reported at 4:26 p.m., followed seven minutes later by reports of fires at Pendell Road, two in Grant County in and near Pleasant Valley on the north side of Banks Lake, and another at Barker Canyon at 4:35. Douglas County Fire...
Brandon White was named official of the year in fastpitch softball Saturday in Yakima at the Washington Officials Association annual convention. Selected by his fellow officials and the state office "for your outstanding skills, abilities and service to officiating in the state of Washington," an award letter that arrived last month said. "He deserves this!" Lake Roosevelt Raider fastpitch coach Jaci Gross said, learning of the award. "He deserves to be recognized for not only his knowledge of...
The band that played in Grand Coulee for National Night Out Aug. 1 was the Stoney River Band, not the Hometown Hooligans....
It all ended well, with a young rock climber apparently still healthy after hanging for hours in a harness off a cliff at Northrup Canyon Saturday night, unable to go up or down. The canyon, an offshoot of the Upper Grand Coulee faces Steamboat Rock of highway 155 cutting into the coulee wall. The terrain features "steep cliffs, massive boulders, thick brush and a small crevice that would be difficult to bring equipment through," noted Grand Coulee Police Officer Kline, who was first on the...
A technical problem at the printing plant today delayed the printing of The Star for a few hours. We'll get them delivered to post offices and stores late this afternoon. Thanks for your patience. In the meantime, please enjoy The Star online....
Under 200 voters chose the two candidates who qualified Tuesday to run for mayor of Grand Coulee in the November general election. The names of Mike Eylar and Chuck Crowe will appear on the ballot. The race required a primary election to narrow the field of three candidates to two. Eylar garnered 164 votes, or 82.83 percent. Crowe took 23 votes (11.62%), and Kimberly Christensen got four of the 198 votes cast, according to the unofficial results published by the Washington Secretary of State....
Families mingled as a live band played, kids cooled on an inflatable water slide, and fire fighters practiced tearing apart a car during a National Night Out event put on by the Grand Coulee Police Department Tuesday night. Police officers of many kinds also mingled or offered information from booths, including Colville Tribal Police, National Park Service rangers, State Parks rangers, and, of course, the sponsoring Grand Coulee officers. They had closed Midway Avenue and diverted traffic for...
The American Legion Yard sale has only two more weeks left for this year’s sale. “We really appreciate all the donations and the support the community has given us,” Jim Brakebill, of the Legion, said at the Legion Hall Saturday. Brakebill said any serviceable items other than clothing can still be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 11. The last sale day will be the Aug. 12. “We will be open again in June 2024, for another 10-week run.” — Scott Hunter photo...
People on the Grand Coulee City Council think the city may have to find a way to keep services going that some citizens may well take for granted: fire and ambulance. A discussion last week centered around whether to hold public meetings first, or decide on a possible solution before presenting it to the public at large, even beyond Grand Coulee. The city’s ambulance service is already serving a larger area. Coulee Dam no longer has a functioning service, and those in Grand Coulee’s regularly cover calls to the other three local cities. Get...
Braydn Beck hangs on for a score of 62 and second place for his junior boys' steer ride in the Ridge Riders Junior Rodeo Sunday afternoon. More photos of the kids in the rodeo are on page 8. - Scott Hunter photo...
The only reason North Dam Park is still green and lovely is spelled: The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District, an entity run by volunteers, at least some approaching burnout. CAPRD is an actual government organization, created in 2003 by a vote of the people within its boundaries, which stretch from Disautel Pass to Steamboat Rock, a design intended to give it enough reach to empower everyone to contribute minimal amounts to a collective benefit and initial target: siting and building a new...
If you’re headed very far west in the next month, check before taking U.S. 2. It’s closed just west of Coulee City due to a washout. The state Department of Transportation says emergency repairs began on July 20 and are expected to wrap up about Aug. 23. The highway is closed from its junction with SR-17 just west of Coulee City to Farmers, where SR-172 meets it west of Moses Coulee and east of Douglas, in Douglas County. The fastest route from Grand Coulee to Waterville currently is over SR-174 to SR-17 and Sr-172 through Man...
The Grant County Health District will partner with two University of Washington students on public health research. The students, both studying for their master’s in public health epidemiology, are members of the Student Epidemic Action Leaders (SEAL) Team at UW. The SEAL Team provides students with experience in applied epidemiology training and field assignments at state and local health departments. “This is our first SEAL Team to come to Grant County and it is a wonderful opportunity for GCHD to gain deeper insights into areas of pub...
At Electric City's community barbecue last Friday, all three police officers in Coulee Dam's department, which also serves Electric City, attended the event that featured mister sprinklers in the heat. In their full gear, which is made for rain, they agreed to get cooled off for a photo. From left, Chief Paul Bowden, Officer C. Hopper, and Officer Josh Watkins. Ashley Landeros, deputy clerk, said the ice cream for root beer floats was donated by Ken Hoke. And Coulee Dam's city clerk, Stefanie...