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Several agencies worked together seize drugs believed to have been destined for the Colville Reservation, arresting five. Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced Monday that the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement ("BIA"), the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), the North Central Washington Narcotics Task Force, and other Federal, State, Local, and Tribal law enforcement, executed a series of federal search warrants...
Two Lake Roosevelt Schools workers were spotlighted at a recognition dinner earlier this month. The North Central Educational Service District's annual Excellence Awards came out at their dinner April 17 in Tonasket. Honored for excellence were Susan Duclos, who teaches in the Career Technical Education department, and paraprofessional Wendy Olbricht. "Susan Duclos is a natural," said Steve Files, a fellow teacher who nominated her. "I have observed her eagerly leading her middle schoolers...
The Triple Fish Challenge fishing tournament added a big new feature Friday, inviting kids from anywhere in the community to come down and catch big fish from a pen. We're not talking about a little tank, or even a big one. These folks built a net pen between docks and called in Pacific Seafood, which happily donated 250 very good sized rainbow trout. Luckily, Lake Roosevelt School got out at 1 p.m.. "It wasn't long after that that you could hear kids squealing every minute, it seemed like," said Danielle Florenzen, of Pacific Seafood, whose...
Several schools in Lincoln County were among more than 30 in the state that shut down April 12 after receiving and email claiming a bomb was in the building. Lake Roosevelt Schools was not among them, and after checking staff emails for a similar message determined the Grand Coulee Dam School District had not received the threat. Superintendent Paul Turner notified the community with a posting online. “At this time, we have not received any such email or threat,” Turner stated. “We will continue to monitor the situation and update you if more...
Police may pursue suspects that pose long-term serious risk to others under revisions of a more restrictive 2022 vehicle chase law that has now passed both houses of this year’s Legislature. Engrossed Senate Bill 5352 was introduced by Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek. “I’m a Black man from birth, my skin tone is brown, but I wore the blue uniform proudly for 31 years as a state trooper,” he said. “I know there are fears out there, but I think legislation like this can bring our community together and help our law enforcement professio...
The Colville Business Council announced Thursday that it had expelled from the CBC its vice chairman, the elected representative of the Keller District, for “using his position to obtain financial gain or something of substantial value …” A public notice dated April 13 said the council, the governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, had earlier held an evidentiary hearing in allegations of unethical conduct, which resulted in a “findings of fact.” The notice said that Ferguson had “appeared before a department...
OLYMPIA – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will receive additional support towards fruit and vegetable purchases, thanks to the passage of SHB 1784. The bill provides an additional $2 million for the Washington State Department of Health (DOH)’s Fruit and Vegetable Incentives Program. Funding will increase the SNAP Produce Match benefit from $5 for every $10 spent on eligible fruits and vegetables at grocery stores and online, to $10 for every $10 spent on eligible fruits and vegetables through June 30. This means t...
A discussion on what kinds of administrators are needed at Lake Roosevelt Schools and how to pay for them turned Monday toward weighing the merits of a “school resource officer” versus a “security officer,” which the district currently has. Currently at the schools, a dean of students handles some discipline issues and more, and a security officer is there to handle immediate flare ups and discipline problems, including potential violence. But current grant funding for that position may well go away this year, Superintendent Paul Turner...
The youngest group of kids at the Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt figure out what this egg thing is all about Saturday morning at the former Grand Coulee Dam Middle School field. The event started at 11 a.m., with parents and kids lined up all the way down the soccer field. A couple thousand eggs were picked up in about seven minutes. - Scott Hunter photo...
Electric City will hold a town hall meeting at the fire hall on Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m., giving citizen a chance to hear and talk about several aspects of ongoing city business, including meeting the new police chief. “There’s quite a bit on the agenda,” Mayor Diane Kohout told the city council Tuesday night. Police Chief Paul Bowden’s Coulee Dam department gained the city’s contract in January for providing the service to Electric City. Bowden will attend the meeting and talk with citizens, as will Fire Chief Mark Payne. Kohout sa...
De-annexing a portion of Electric City was one topic of discussion at a retreat its city council held March 18 to discuss various matters. The council and mayor reviewed with the city attorney the process for de-annexing a large part of the city that was added several years ago, moving the boundary further south and encompassing land on the other side of Osborne Bay on Banks Lake. Kohout said the city will ask the council, probably in June or July this year, to consider a resolution to put the matter on the ballot for the November general...
After Tax Day, you may want to clean house of no-longer-needed financial records. To help, and in keeping with its recent practice, the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club will offer its biannual Shred Day service, when you can get rid of all those records and watch as a big truck double shreds them in bulk. The event will take place at North Dam Park by the Gehrke Windmills on April 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - or until the truck is full. The flow of traffic should start at the road by North Dam and ex... Full story
The Keller Ferry vessel, M/V Sanpoil, which connects State Route 21 on the Columabia River between Lincoln and Ferry counties, was scheduled to be out of service while crews relocated the north shore landing dock on Wednesday, April 12. Beginning at 9 a.m., crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation were to move the north shore landing dock just north of its current location on SR 21 due to seasonal lower water levels. They expected to complete the move about 1 p.m. and then resume ferry service. The north shore...
Tree branches drip with pearls of rainwater as the local area was getting a relatively high amount of rain early this week. Star weather hobbyist and columnist Bob Valen has been measuring local rainfall since 2008. The only ohter time he's recorded more than an inch was in May of 2010 with 1.33 inches. Valen said Monday morning that he'd measured 1.25 inches in 24 hours. Tuesday morning the Washington Dept. of Transportation warned of standing water on SR-21 near the San Poil River. - Scott...
A free tire collection event will be held on April 21 and 22 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the NW corner of the intersection of Randolph Rd NE and 19 Ave NE on the Port of Moses Lake. The event is free to Grant County residents. Residents may bring a maximum of 12 passenger or light truck tires per load. Tires may be a maximum of 35 inches in diameter or less and will be accepted with or without rims. No commercial or implement tires will be accepted. All loads must be secure. Participants must bring a recent utility bill or state identification...
Coulee Dam's Sixth Street will be rebuilt this spring, starting this week. The Sixth Street Improvement Project started Monday and will include "a full depth reclamation of the street, reconstructing curb and gutter, installing new storm structures, and constructing new ADA ramps at select intersections," a city notice posted online Friday says. Extending only the few blocks from Aspen Street to Central Drive, the street directly to the north of Harvest Foods and the Colville Tribal Casino will...
Although more “cash flush” than they were a year ago, Coulee Medical Center posted just over a quarter million dollar loss in January on net patient revenue of$2.98 million, which was $144,000 less than budgeted, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Hughes reported March 20. December 2022 had seen a gain of nearly $736,000. Salaries in January were over budget by $96,000, but that had been estimated last August, before they knew they’d be implementing a larger wage increase to meet market conditions. And the “temporary manpower” line item was still...
Average gasoline prices in Washington have risen 9.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.24 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,666 stations in Washington. Prices in Washington are 8.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 45.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 3.7 cents in the last week and stands at $4.16 per gallon. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Washington was priced at $3.21 a gallon on Sunday, while the m...
The March Food Drive brought in over 2,000 pounds of food and over $,3000 to help provide nutrition to those in need for months to come, the food bank announced. "Care & Share Food Bank of Grand Coulee Dam expresses its thanks and gratitude to the entire community for their support of our March Food Drive ... It was inspiring to have the community work together for this noble cause in uncertain times," stated Shawn Neider, president of the food bank and pastor of Zion and Bethel Lutheran...
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following prescribed fire during the spring of 2023. Stevens County: Gifford, 67 acres adjacent to the Gifford Campground and Boat Launch. The goals of prescribed burns include promoting forest health and decreasing forest fuel loads adjacent to campgrounds, residences and structures. Benefits will include: Increased understory plant diversity and natural reseeding of trees, Retaining a healthy mosaic of plants and trees that are more resistant and resilient to fire, insects and... Full story
April has many opportunities to celebrate the vital role that libraries and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. National Library Week, Library Day, Library Workers Day, Library Outreach Day, and School Librarian Day all take place in April, making this a perfect month to spotlight our libraries and services! We invite you to explore all the ways you can engage with NCW Libraries, from books, movies and our Library of Things, to online resources, to outreach services like the bookmobiles, Latinx programs...
Two men have come home and now have hopes and dreams for the closed theater in Coulee Dam. Benji Dupris and James Pakootas addressed the town council last week, hoping to get a blessing to explore their dreams about how to revive the town's closed theater and make it into a space for more than just feature films and popcorn. They've both been forging careers in the media world and working with youth, Dupris said. "So, when we saw the theater shut down, we made some inquiries." Dupris graduated...
Use of consumer reproductive health data would be much more restricted under House Bill 1155, the proposed “My Health, My Data Act.” The proposed law requires the consumer’s consent before sharing or collecting personal health data. This prohibits organizations from selling consumer health data not otherwise protected by law. After an extended floor debate over 23 proposed amendments, the bill received a vote of 57-39 in the state House of Representatives and moved to the Senate. In 2022, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his offic...
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...
Spring is here, and with it – the deadline to remove studded tires before end of day Friday, March 31. The Washington State Department of Transportation encourages all drivers to plan head now to avoid a potential fine of $137, which could be issued by the Washington State Patrol starting as soon as Saturday, April 1. Studded tires are legal in Washington from Nov. 1 to March 31. There is no individual exception or “out of state waiver” to the studded tire dates. “Studded tires cause between $20 million to $29 million in damage to state-o...
