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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation workers on Grand Coulee Dam perform maintenance on the drum gates while the level of Lake Roosevelt is low Tuesday, an activity often scheduled in the spring when Reclamation operates the lake lower to make room for runoff. - Scott Hunter photo...
As in most of the country, housing in the Grand Coulee Dam area is in short supply, pushing prices high. “It’s happening everywhere,” said longtime local broker Merle Kennedy of Foisy and Kennedy. Nationally, prices on single family houses are up over 18 percent from a year ago, a trend that hold true in the Grand Coulee area, which Kennedy knows well. Speaking at a Rotary Club online meeting March 23, Kennedy illustrated with a story: A listing came up in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service on a Friday afternoon that he thought would inter...
Incidents of violence and other issues at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High seem to be decreasing after a few measures have been implemented. In her report to the Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors, Principal Sara Kennedy wrote that to address an “escalation in behavior incidents” they have implemented a few new measures. One new measure is that restrooms are now closed between class periods. Students can use the restrooms during class time after signing out of class, one at a time. Kennedy told the board that this has red...
Two drivers suffered a head-on collision in Grand Coulee about 1 a.m. Sunday when one crossed the centerline on SR-155 near Federal Avenue, the Washington State Patrol reported. Amy Glover, 39, of Wilbur was driving north in a 2018 Ford Explorer when it crossed the centerline, striking a 2004 Chevrolet Impala headed north. The Impala was driven by Malia Vogel, 26, of Almira. She told a Grand Coulee police officer first on the scene that she’d had to crawl out and that her leg hurt. The officer noted that front of the car was crushed to the f...
The Colville Confederated Tribes’ Resident Fish Program began stocking Rufus Woods Lake last week with triploid rainbow trout, the tribal Fish and Wildlife Department said. “We encourage the membership to take advantage of this opportunity the Resident Fish Program is providing,” they said. “All anglers are encouraged to provide information associated with their catch (e.g., date, location, boat or shore fishing, and approximate size) to creel personnel or by calling the Colville Tribes...
COVID-19 rates continue to decline overall as the incidence rate in Grant County had dropped to 48 cases per 100,000 residents over a two-week span as of March 23. The rate was at 79 the previous week on March 17, 123 the week before, and much higher, 1,458 on Feb. 11. The Washington State Department of Health shows a seven-day case rate for the county of 40 as of March 28. That said, an additional death was announced in Grant County Health District’s weekly update on March 23, that of an unvaccinated man in his 60s from Moses Lake who had a...
K-12 schools have more guidance on how to conduct active-shooter lockdown drills with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill prohibits schools from conducting drills involving life-like simulations or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not “trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate.” Additionally, students, teachers and staff will be alerted before carrying out a shooting-safety lockdown drill. Prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, said the legislation is needed to protect sta...
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School is purchasing a used car for its traffic safety/driver education program. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors on Monday approved the purchase of a 2017 Ford Escape for about $25,000 from Jess Ford using school levy money. The class has been leasing a Ford Fusion from Jess Ford. Superintendent Paul Turner said the four-wheel-drive Ford Escape has low mileage and that the school should get a lot of use out of it over the coming years. “We’re a district that champion’s drivers ed,” Turne...
EPHRATA — Grant PUD commissioners invited the public to resume in-person attendance during their regular board meetings, starting Tuesday, March 22. The commission had been conducting meetings virtually as a response to the COVID pandemic for the past two years. Now all board meetings will be held in person. Most regular commission meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at PUD Headquarters, 30 C Street SW, Ephrata WA 98823. To confirm times and locations of board meetings, visitwww.grantpud.org/commission-meetings, where a...
Locking your car is a strong deterrent to vehicle prowlers. At Electric City’s March 8 meeting, Sgt. Dan Holland of the Grand Coulee Police Department advised people to please lock their cars and noted an increase in car prowling in the area. He noted that all cars that have had items stolen out of them recently have been unlocked....
School was disrupted last week by a possible threat that was later determined not to be credible. There was no school at Lake Roosevelt Schools on March 16, then only a distance-learning day March 17 due to the alleged threat through a reported remark on social media. The incident was described in a March 17 Facebook post shared on the Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School page from the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s administration. The post explains that at 6:25 a.m. on March 16 “we got a call from a parent stating that their student received a...
A housing need for senior citizens may be addressed by local business owners and the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center, which is helping to fund studies that could lead to a large project. Centerline Development, owned by Nic Alexander and Ian Turner, purchased the former school located on 8.3 acres between Spokane Way and Martin Road in 2019 for $155,000. The pair has planned to help develop senior citizen living quarters at the former school, as well as single-family homes on the surrounding property. “We’ve heard nothing but positive fee...
Notice of an Executive Board Meeting Of the Grand Coulee Dam Board of Directors March 23, 2022 5:30 p.m. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding an Executive Board Meeting tomorrow March 23, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss personnel items....
Student actors at Lake Roosevelt Schools wait behind the curtain for their turn to go on as their colleagues perform in front of an audience last weekend. They were cast March 14 by the Missoula Children's Theatre for "The Emperor's New Clothes", then rehearsed after school during the week to put the play on in just a few days. MCT was contracted for the event by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA, supported by local businesses and donors. - Rebecca Hunt photo...
School was disrupted last week by a possible threat that was later determined not to be credible. There was no school at Lake Roosevelt Schools on March 16, then only a distance-learning day March 17 due to the alleged threat through a reported remark on social media. The incident was described in a March 17 Facebook post shared on the Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School page from the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s administration. The post explains that at 6:25 a.m. on March 16 “we got a call from a parent stating that their student received a...
COVID-19 rates continue to decline overall as the incidence rate in Grant County has dropped below 100 cases per 100,000 residents and Coulee Medical Center found zero positive results out of 33 tests performed from March 15-19. Grant County Health District shows that the county's two-week incidence rate continues to decline - to 79 cases per 100,000 people on March 17. That rate was 123 last week and 1,458 about a month earlier on Feb. 11. That said, two more deaths have been added to the...
The annual spring cleanup this year is going to look a lot different. At the March 2 Regional Board of Mayors meeting, Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout told the other mayors that, although they weren’t approved for a Department of Ecology grant to perform the usual spring cleanup this year, they could get a grant towards renting or purchasing a wood chipper. The group discussed at some length how it might work, with the general idea being for a crew to park a chipper near one of the refuse trailers at the Delano Regional Transfer Station and f...
A deputy's traffic stop in Wilbur March 8 led to the seizure of narcotics, a gun and arrests. Deputy Kurt Cuzzetto made a traffic stop at Main and Bell Street in Wilbur after running a vehicle's registration and learning that the registered owner's license was suspended, Sheriff Wade W. Magers reported. The operator did not have a driver's license. When the driver got out of the 2002 Honda Accord, Deputy Cuzzetto observed what appeared to be drug paraphernalia, Magers said. Of the three...
Guns, bullets, and other weaponry could someday be manufactured nearby. The Colville Confederated Tribes are receiving a $50,000 grant from Washington state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board, matched by $16,667 from the tribe, to conduct a feasibility study to look into placing a munitions manufacturing plant on or near the reservation. Tribal Business Council Chairman Andrew Joseph Jr said the tribes have not been in contact with any existing business in the pursuit of this project. “The Tribes noticed a void in the local market for...
Elmer City’s current fire station holds just four trucks, not five, as was reported in an article last week about a new fire station getting funded to be built next to the old one. Three trucks currently must be parked outside....
Students of every age at Lake Roosevelt Schools are busy this week learning their parts for a play they'll put on in just a few days. Join the Emperor, his friends and subjects, and the busy Silkworms this Saturday March 19, 2022 when the Missoula Children's Theatre and 28 local students present an original musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, "The Emperor's New Clothes." Playing the title character of the Emperor is local student Noah Hunt. Other featured performers...
There is no school today, March 16, for Lake Roosevelt students due to a possible threat to the school, and tomorrow will be a distance-learning day. School is anticipated to resume in person on Friday. A 6:55 a.m. post on Lake Roosevelt's Facebook page from LR's administration said that "this morning we were informed of a possible threat to the school. We are working with law enforcement and will conduct a full investigation. We are cancelling school today out of an abundance of caution. We will keep you informed with as much information as...
Elmer City will be receiving $772,000 in state dollars towards a new fire station after the state House and Senate passed their 2022-23 supplemental capital budget. In March of 2021, Elmer City Public Works Director Jimmer Tillman, who has volunteered as a firefighter for about 30 years, told the town council he would be looking into options for funding a new facility for the Elmer City fire department, also known as Okanogan County Fire District #2. Earlier this month, the city found out they would be receiving $772,000 towards the project....
A report from the Okanogan School District determined that noises made during a basketball game were not racially motivated, but others, including Colville Business Council members, disagree. Reviewing game footage, Lady Raiders Assistant Coach Matthew Pleasants, himself an African American and Native American, took note of racist monkey noises being made while a Lady Raider, also an African American and Native American, shot free throws during a Feb. 18 basketball game in Okanogan. Pleasants reported the incident to the Washington Interscholas...
Communication between the Colville Tribes and the Grand Coulee Dam School District should be prioritized, officials from both groups say. At their meeting Monday night, GCDSD School Board directors hosted the chairman and other members of the Colville Business Council, the governing body of the Colville Confederated Tribes. With 37.8% of students in the district being enrolled tribal members, and more being of tribal descent, the school board has spoken frequently in recent years about wanting...