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Maddy Babler pulls the cart with sister Lillian and cousin, Jackson Alling, helping to gather pumpkins Saturday at the Full Circle Acres Pumpkin Patch north of Almira on Old Coulee Road. The patch contains giant sunflowers and corn, too, in an effort to add a bit of a maze experience to outings, said April Pinar at the farm. She said the coming weekend will be their final one open this season. - Scott Hunter photo...
An obsolete recall sign and that one about the ugliest town in the west came up as subjects of poor taste at last night’s Electric City meeting. A woman asked if the city might be able to encourage a sign seeking a recall of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to be brought down now that he’s not running for re-election. She said she’d had company recently who commented on it. “It’s just bad taste,” said the woman, who did not identify herself. Mayor Diane Kohout said the city could contact the property owner to ask about it. The woman also asked about...
A local gas station and convenience store is listed as the retailer that sold a winning lottery ticket in September. Coulee Gas, on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee, sold one of two tickets that drew $50,000 prizes Sept. 20, according to the state Lottery Commission’s website. That ticket, however, is not listed on a separate page of unclaimed prizes, suggesting the lucky winner has already cashed in. From Sept. 16 through October 11, Washingtonians won 21 large prizes ranging from $50,000 to $1million, according to the site. “While the $1.76 bill...
The good news is “we have good people in the right place” at Lake Roosevelt Schools, a consultant hired to coach principals in the school district told the board of directors Tuesday night, but “we have our work cut out.” Mike Horn had been working in the district for a 10-day period of coaching principals, also talking with staff to get input. In the course of discovering the district’s needs, he said, he’d learned that 78 percent of students at the school miss 10 percent of classes. “That’s daunting,” he told the board. Hiring Horn was one of...
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...
A poplar tree glows on the edge of Banks Lake with its brilliant fall color under the bright blue sky of Oct. 4. See our weather forecast on page 3 for what to expect this week. - Scott Hunter photo...
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...
An agreement that lets the local community send trash to the local transfer station is in question because some of that trash comes from outside Grant County, where it ends up. The problem has to do with how state money is allocated down to counties for solid waste disposal. The Regional Board of Mayors first learned of the problem last month. Chairing the Oct. 4 meeting, Electric City Diane Kohout gave an update. As Grant County Solid Waste department was preparing a plan, they noticed that Coulee Dam was in their written plan, but Elmer City...
From left, Riley Ayling, Lola Yazzie, Carly Neddo, Raeley Portch, and Madelynn Carman pose in the school in their Barbie movie-themed clothes for "Dads versus Chads" day during spirit week, which wrapped up Friday at homecoming. More photos of homecoming are on page 6. - Natalie Kontos photo...
The Colville Tribes announced Monday it had released nearly two dozen buffalo onto the open range on the reservation "to live in the wild" and that they planned to release all 30 they were receiving from the Kalispel Tribe. The animals once lived by the millions, primarily in the central plains for North America, until they were nearly driven to extinction through uncontrolled hunting and a U.S. government policy of eradication tied to intentional harm against, and control of, tribes, according...
Old cars are becoming a problem in Coulee Dam, just one of many that are increasing because the city’s ordinances don’t wield enough clout, according to one city council member. Councilmember Keith St. Jeor said he gets complaints from people who know the city has laws on the books to keep unlicensed cars from accumulating on the streets but they see no enforcement. “We don’t have a fee or fine schedule,” St. Jeor said, urging the city to create one to blanket many ordinances with a progressively increasing cost per violation. St. Jeor said...
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...
Just after midnight Friday morning, campfires will be allowed on Lake Roosevelt again as the summer ban is lifted. Campfires will be allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas and on lakeshores below the high-water mark throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Charcoal grills will also be allowed, LRNRA said Tuesday. Regulations require beach campfires to be less than 3 feet in diameter and at least 10 feet from the nearest beach logs, structure, or vegetation. “In addition, do not use or create rock rings f...
The Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews will close a section of I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass for approximately one hour starting at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5. During rock blasting closures, eastbound travelers will be stopped at milepost 63 and westbound travelers will be stopped at exit 70 near Easton....
James A. Fox, of Delano, said last week that he’d gotten a call from a number supposedly in Loon Lake asking for information on his Medicare card. He didn’t give it to them, which is what anyone should do who gets an incoming call — or any kind of contact — asking for such personal information. The call came through on his unlisted number and appeared to be coming from a number supposedly in Loon Lake, Washington. Fox reasoned that there likely was no place in Loon Lake big enough to be handling such business, and he noted the caller spoke w...
Rider Daisy Whitelaw leads Boss with an empty saddle but a hat on the saddle horn and a boot in the stirrup during the "Gathering of Life" for George Kohout Saturday at the Ridge Riders' arena as Marines fold an American flag up front. The memorial included a live "last call" from the dispatch center in Moses Lake for the former Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department chief, military honors, and remembrances of his dedication to the Ridge Riders and the Colorama Rodeo, and to the Rocky Mountain...
The Biden-Harris administration last week announced a historic agreement to support tribally led efforts to restore salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River Basin. The agreement between the United States, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, and the Spokane Tribe of Indians will fund efforts to test the feasibility of, and ultimately to reintroduce salmon in blocked habitats in the Upper Basin. The pact includes $200 million over 20 years from the Bonneville Power Administration, the federal p...
Federal river managers warned last week that Lake Roosevelt’s future operations could change as a treaty between the United States and Canada goes out of date a year from now. Meetings are planned, starting today, to explain it all to the public online. Absent modernization, the treaty would no longer require Canada and the United States to coordinate for flood risk management as they have for the first 60 years of the treaty. The United States’ ability to “call upon” Canadian storage when needed does not expire and continues so long as Cana...
A month into the new school year, the school district in Grand Coulee Dam is teaching 23 fewer students than a year ago, the superintendent reported Monday night, but the Nespelem district has gained more than expected in its new, limited high school program. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Rod Broadnax told the school board 10 specific students had not yet shown up but may yet. He did not say which grades those students would be in. Broadnax reminded the board that enrollment numbers affect the budget. In Nespelem Tuesday night...
Susie Marchand receives Superintendent Rod Broadnax's "spotlight award" Monday night to recognize the Grand Coulee Dam School District business manager's work on behalf of all students. Human Resources Director Amy Sayler said Marchand brings a sunshine attitude to work even though her job watching the district's finances can mean she has to deliver unwelcome news. She received a $100 gift card from Broadnax, personally, plus a $30 certificate donated from The Teepee. - Scott Hunter...
A mechanic repairing his company’s semi-trailer died Sept. 11 at Coulee Medical Center as he was repairing its suspension, the company said in a press release. Mike Coppess, of Bellevue, Washington, was 68, married and the father of two, said Rich Braedt, director of Clinical Operations for Heritage Imaging. Emergency personnel responded to the scene at the hospital, where Coppess was pronounced dead. The trailer he was working on contained magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment, a service the company has been supplying at Coulee Medical C...
The race that lets people run across the top of Grand Coulee Dam drew hundreds on Saturday morning for 5K, 10K or half marathon run under blue skies. Organizer Kelly Buche said about 290 had pre-registered for the race, but far more than usual took advantage of late registration Friday night and early Saturday. She thought the total might come to about 350 runners registered. With the finish line at Banks Lake Park, the event also offered a beer garden with live music, arts and crafts booths in...
Grant County Health District says COVID has been ticking up for weeks, and annual immunizations will likely be necessary, just like the flu. Luckily, new vaccines are available, GCHD pointed out, and they’re aimed at newer strains of variants. The public health agency said Tuesday that the county is seeing a rise cases and hospitalizations. Coulee Medical Center officials confirmed that facility is seeing more cases too, and local schools report multiple cases have occurred predictably, causing scheduling problems for teachers and sports t...
If you have any relatives or friends that were in the Nespelem Women’s Auxiliary Unit 114 from 1936 to present, please submit their names to Vincent McDonald, CCT Veterans Program, 509-634-2755, or email vincentmcdonaldvet@colvilletribes.com. We are working on a monument to honor these women....
Coulee Dam is reviewing a proposed change in the rules that govern how property owners can rent their property for short periods of time. The change is sought by those who want to meet what they say is a consistent need in the local market already served by online companies like Airbnb that serve both property owners and renters for stays under 30 days. The city council spoke with Mike Manning of SCJ Alliance, a planning consultant for the city at their Sept. 13 meeting. Manning has been drafting changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan to spel...
