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A study that determined the local market area could support a community wellness center — where people could swim and exercise year round, where community events, classes and meetings could be held...

SPOKANE, WA, (Aug 9, 2012) –Today, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of emergeng for damage to forested lands resulting from a microburst storm of emergency funding for damage to forested lands...

If you want it, you can have it. That’s the bottom line of a study on whether building and operating a center for the community to come together — for events and meetings, fitness pursuits, indoor swimming and more — is at all feasible. The...

Port District 7 commissioners decided to continue operation of the Banks Lake Golf Course even though the agency has lost over $100,000 in the past four months. Only a handful of citizens turned out for a meeting held at the airport office last...

A full moon rises over Grand Coulee Dam Aug. 1 as if to usher in a new month, new heat wave and new fire season tinting the sky around it. — Scott Hunter photo...

About 30 people turned out Monday night at Electric City’s fire hall to show support for a community watch program. The meeting largely was to determine what kind of interest people had in developing a community watch plan to help fight crime in...

A series of free concerts is scheduled for North Dam Park and events center this month, starting on Friday, Aug. 17. That’s when a local rock group called Mister Meaner will take to the “stage” at the bottom of the grass amphitheater. The very...

In 2010 Dana Barkdull weighed 329 pounds and decided to make a change. A year and a half later she ran her first half-iron distance triathlon. By that time, she had dropped to 254 pounds. The half...

Invited out to the ball games The 13-team recreation softball league will hold its annual tournament next Thursday through Saturday Aug. 16-18 at North Dam Park, and the community is invited to go to the games. NCNB to host school supply drive North...

The Tropical Pig, a new eatery in Electric City, will open within the next few days. Owner Robert Dzurich has taken a small space, formerly housing a t-shirt shop, and turned it into a colorful and...

Cory Willis is the new Les Schwab manager, taking over his duties at the tire and service store Aug. 1. He replaces Terry Strawn, who took a position as manager of a Les Schwab store in Snohomish....

The Ridge Riders will beef up the summer next Wednesday night with another bull riding event. The rodeo grounds open at 6 p.m., Aug. 15, for what could become a frequent event next year. Bull riding begins at 7 p.m. Ridge Rider President George Kohou...

Colville Tribal members have until Aug. 11, to return a referendum ballot on whether enrolled members want to have the tribe disburse another 30 percent of settlement funds. Members received about $4,000 each last Friday, which amounts to 20 percent...

In the July 11 issue of The Star, Roger Lucas’ article on Linda Evans Parlette’s advocacy for an additional $15 million to upgrade the school district’s existing fields, track and gym, the following quote was cited: “This belief is supported...

As we near the new school year, I’d like to remind all the good folks in the Grand Coulee Dam area about the Box Tops for Education program. It’s a program that has helped schools earn cash by clipping Box Tops coupons from hundreds of...

In response to the recent articles pertaining to Burden Boulevard, I am compelled to set the record straight. I am an old man of the block, at 70 years of age, who is in tune with what goes on around the block. I, like many other people here, would...

While attention focuses on congressional action on the Bush tax cuts, another tax bill is quietly tiptoeing through the Senate. The Senate Finance Committee has reported out the corporate tax extenders bill, a collection of dozens of tax breaks,...

Ten Years Ago A new X-ray machine sits in storage, while a decades-old vintage model remains in use at Coulee Community Hospital because it’s tough to fit new codes into an old building. The machine could be considered symbolic of CCH’s...

Ryan Tracy and Linsey McLennan were married on Friday, July 27, 2012, in San Diego, Calif.  The wedding was an elegant ceremony in front of family and friends at the Women’s Club at Mission Beach....

Walt Netzel passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012, in the bed that he had built, in the house he had built, with family present. Walt was born in 1923 in a little town in northern Wisconsin, where he grew up loving the outdoors, a love that lasted all...

Shirley M. Best, 76, our wonderful wife, loving mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The daughter of Charlie O. and Edith McCullough; Shirley Mae entered this world...

  Henry “LeRoy” Wood, born Feb. 23, 1933, in Crawford, Neb., moved to Washington state with his family in 1950. LeRoy went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, after a lengthy battle...

Grand Coulee Church of the Nazarene will be holding a movie night on Saturday, August 18, from 5-8 p.m. Families with children sixth grade and younger are invited to take in a free “Veggie Tales” movile. Also, free family photos will be offered...

Grand Coulee All School The final plans for the Grand Coulee All-School Reunion Aug. 17-18 have been made, with a self-guided tour of the old high school from 10 a.m. to noon and then the potluck picnic at the North Dam Park on Saturday starting at...

Senior Meals Wed., Aug. 8 - Dinner Pot Roast with Potatoes, Carrots & Onions, Fruit Salad, Rolls, Cake. Happy Birthday! Thurs., Aug. 9 - Dinner French Dip with AuJus, Seasoned Fries, Pea Salad, Pudding & Fruit Parfait. Grocery Shopping and Errands...

Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, August 8,at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. Stefan Newbury of Tri Freaks will be here to update the group on the September 15 Triathlon. Wenatchee...

Rotary Club members finish up cleaning out a carport Saturday at the home of Mardee Davis in Electric City, who has asked for help getting the home in shape after drug users, including her son,...

Fall football practice for the Lake Roosevelt Raiders will start next Tuesday, Coach Steve Files said. Gear checkout is Tuesday, Aug. 14. Seniors and juniors check out at 9 a.m., freshmen and sophomores at 10. The first day of practice will be the...

The cost of getting a GED will double starting in October, according to Big Bend Community College officials. The testing fees will increase from $75 to $150 for the certification, said Sandy Cheek, director of Basic Skills at BBCC. If students...

This year, students at Lake Roosevelt High School will be participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge as part of Raider Robotics. FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a competition that uses sports models and engineering principles to create a robot that is...

Wade Roberts, son of Merle and Linda Roberts of Grand Coulee, graduated from Whitworth University in May with honors. A 2007 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, Wade received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture....

The North Central Regional Library is hosting a summer gala for the summer reading program this Friday, Aug. 10, at 10:30 a.m.  All ages are welcome to this free program! You may continue to turn in your reading hours until school...

The Grand Coulee Dam Cooperative Preschool will start its school year Tuesday, Sept 4.  Preschool gives kids a head start academically and socially and improves readiness for school.  Eligible kids will be three by December 1 and potty trained. ...

Banks Lake Golf Course Merchant League Scores July 11 results Team # Name Gross HDCP Net Points 1 Galaxy Smoke Shop 29 5 33 1 6 Electric City Bar & Grill 0 0 0 0 2 Oasis Lawn Care 30 3 31 1 7 Hometown Pizza 38 -3 31 0 3 Bobby O’s 29 3 33 1 8 Wreck�...

Grand Coulee Police 7/30 - USBR’s Plant Protection requested that police use their explosives-detecting dog to aid in the search of a Canadian truck making a delivery. Nothing was found. 7/31 - Police responded to an incident in which a 2-year-old...

When the Olympics came to Atlanta, I was an impressionable 15-year-old involved in two different high school sports. The day after Muhammad Ali famously lit the torch, my family and I were sweltering...

One man died as three others were injured in a one-car rollover south of Nespelem Thursday just before noon.  John Reynolds, 44, died in the accident on SR 155, the only occupant of the 2003 Ford Explorer not wearing a seatbelt, according to the...