Articles from the March 4, 2020 edition
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Local agencies prep for virus threat
COVID-19, or the coronavirus, has received widespread news coverage, and as cases and deaths in Washington have been confirmed, how does it affect the local community? "Please be... — Updated 3/12/2020 Full story
Buzzer beater keeps Raiders in state tournament
Soarin' Marchand makes this game-winning, buzzer-beater for three look so easy, I'm sure he's only practiced it about a million times! Good video of the shot as tweeted by SWXRightNow: A perfect shot for the perfect end to a... — Updated 3/4/2020 Full story
Coulee Dam, Tribes may put in a splash pad
Officials at Coulee Dam last week gave a tentative green light to a Colville Tribes proposal to add a splash pad to the town’s park features to cool kids down in the summer. Frank Andrews approached the city council Wednesday with... — Updated 3/4/2020
Deaths rise in state coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus death count in Washington reached nine on Tuesday, Feb. 3, including two people whose test results were released posthumously.On Monday, when six deaths had been reported, health officials asked state lawmakers for... — Updated 3/4/2020
Coulee Cops
Grand Coulee Police 2/20 - The owner of storage units on Grand Coulee Avenue reported two units had been broken into. Pictures were taken and the owner would contact the unit renters about the incident and tell police if anything... — Updated 3/4/2020
Lady Raiders conquered by Lady Vikings at regionals
The Lady Raiders' season ended Saturday with a loss to Mossy Rock in the regional round of the state tournament in Longview. The Lake Roosevelt girls racked up a win-loss record of... — Updated 3/4/2020
Raider boys suffer loss at WIAA regional tournament
The Raider basketball team is done with the regional round of the Hardwood Classic state tournament following a loss against the Toutle Lake Ducks. Lake Roosevelt lost to the Ducks... — Updated 3/4/2020
LR honor roll for first semester
HIGH HONORS 3.5 to 4.0 SENIORS Ellie Hansen, Lorrinda Richardson, Nicholas Engeseth, Kyle Edmo, Keziah Stice, Brianna Stanger, Abbiggale Murray, Madisyn Toulou, Damian George, Alexia Ryan, Brianna Whybark, Wensdae Antoine JUNIORS... — Updated 3/4/2020
Sixth annual Columbia Basin Eco-Gardening Symposium taking signups
To kick of the gardening season, a half-day gardening workshop will be held in Moses Lake on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center, 900 E. Yonezawa Blvd. This event is organized j... — Updated 3/4/2020
Income tax help is still available at the Senior Center
Income tax time is here!! Free tax preparation is once again being offiered at the senior center in Grand Coulee every Wednesday through April 14, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers trained in cooperation with the IRS will offer... — Updated 3/4/2020
Community blood drive planned
Vitalant, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Penny Lewis, is planning a blood drive for Monday, March 16. Donation hours will be from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the community room at Coulee... — Updated 3/4/2020
Students of the month at Nespelem
Selected as Students of the Month for February at Nespelem School included: from left - top row: Nataliah Saulque, Nyla Yellowwolf, Zach Elwell,Taylor Thomas, Arianna Waters;... — Updated 3/4/2020
Legislators must find better ways to reduce CO2
Washington and Oregon lawmakers want to end their legislative sessions; however, accounting for the costs of carbon emissions is a major roadblock. In Salem, rural Republican senato... — Updated 3/4/2020
Meetings & Notices
Chamber to Meet Chamber will meet this Thursday, March 5 at the Pepper Jack's Bar & Grillet, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon. Guest speaker Cassandra Haggeman, of the National Park Service, will address a potential... — Updated 3/4/2020
Brunell's treatise on Lower Snake River dams is flooded with falsehoods
Don Brunell’s recent article titled “Dams are the Northwest’s Flood Busters” (Star, Jan. 21, 2020) relies on fearmongering, rather than facts, to make his point. Brunell takes a circuitous route through disasters in the Midwest... — Updated 3/4/2020
Senior Profile: Jordan Flett
This week I am bring you another senior from the halls of Lake Roosevelt High School. My interview was a little different this time because I sat down with Jordan Flett in front of... — Updated 3/4/2020
Thoughts on observing on your behalf
The role of a journalist is to be the eyes and ears for the readers. So while at a school board meeting, city council meeting, events, and so on, things that people may not have the time to go to, or don’t have a large enough i... — Updated 3/4/2020
Bad month for restaurants versus vehicles
February proved to be a bad month for restaurant buildings. On Feb. 21, at about 4:12 p.m., a Coulee City woman drove over the curb on Main Street in Grand Coulee, hitting the outside of Siam Palace, before going into reverse and... — Updated 3/4/2020
Sensors could detect vaping at Lake Roosevelt High
Special detectors may be installed at Lake Roosevelt Schools to address “rampant” vaping at the school. Vaping, which delivers nicotine to the user without tobacco present, is said to be dangerous to the health of anyone by the... — Updated 3/4/2020
Senate bill package could help ease new hydropower project approval
A potential new, big hydro-electric project for the Coulee area, could be more likely to happen sooner than later if legislation being considered by the Senate in Washington D.C.... — Updated 3/4/2020
Newsbriefs
Police shoot suspect Police trying to take a man into custody on felony warrants Tuesday shot him, said Okanogan County Sheriff Toney Hawley. The shooting happened in Omak at 11:43 a.m., Hawley said in a press release. He said his... — Updated 3/4/2020
Alling appointed planning chair
A former council member will head a planning commission for the city of Coulee Dam that currently has no other members. The city council Feb. 26 unanimously approved Mayor Bob Poch’s nomination of Ben Alling to head the c... — Updated 3/4/2020
Hope: roof fix may attract town restaurant renter
Expecting to attract a new business to lease the Melody Restaurant in the near future, Coulee Dam is preparing to fix at least part of the roof of the “Community Building” the town owns. The building also houses a bowling all... — Updated 3/4/2020
