Garbage fees to climb from a chain reaction

Coulee Dam residents will likely soon pay about another $1 a week to have their trash picked up at the curb.

The city council in a Monday budget workshop found that a hike of about $4 a month is likely inevitable, following a boost in dumping fees Grant County’s landfill near Ephrata will charge the Delano Transfer Station to haul garbage there.

That, coupled with the city taxing its own funds wit...