We're all in this together
We're all in this together
by Scott Hunter The Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday night declined to move forward with a request to loosen the town's fence regulations, opting instead to keep its long-standing prohibition on front-yard fencing. Council members considered a request from Michael Dennis to amend Municipal Code 17.85.040 to allow six-foot, open-style fences to extend all the way to the front property line. Dennis, however, after reading The Star's story about the council meeting online, posted his letter, on...
Coulee Medical Center recorded a strong surplus in July, helped by a major estate gift and several one-time payments, the hospital’s chief financial officer told commissioners Monday. Chief Financial Officer Natalie Dennis reported a July gain of $1,457,710, bringing the year-to-date surplus to $2,227,577. She said total cash and investments climbed to $7,040,947 by the end of the month. That monthly gain handily beat CMC’s simple monthly goal of a $50,000 increase. Much of the cash boost came from a $1,385,463 endowment from the estate...
A 47-year-old Coulee Dam man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor over a two-year period, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced. U.S. District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Douglas Lee Clark on Aug. 26 after he pleaded guilty in March to abusive sexual contact of a minor. Clark must also serve 10 years of supervised release after completing his prison term. According to court documents, Clark sexually touched the victim repeatedly between approximately January...
City tree removed on Tulip Street Coulee Dam officials hired a contractor to take down a large, 80–90-foot dying pine tree near the old Masonic Temple on Tulip Street recently after it began leaning toward a nearby TV shack and threatening water and sewer lines, Mayor Bob Poch told the town council Aug. 26. The town hired Basin Tree Service because the tree was too large for the public works crew to safely handle themselves. The removal cost about $2,598, roughly $100 over what the mayor and public works director can authorize without...
Osprey in their nest in Coulee Dam atop a 100-foot-tall pole Aug....
I sympathize with both the impatience and irritation for the drivers of the bridge. In fact, I experience these thoughts daily from 90 miles away. The lucky thing for you is that it’s temporary. At the same time, your problem never had to be a problem. There is no defendable reason that an alternate route over the top of the dam couldn’t have been provided by the Bureau of Reclamation. I’m certain they developed their security reasoning in a brainstorming session titled ‘What excuses can we use to keep people off the roadway over the...
Mr. Luther, you must watch too much CNN or MSNOW. The Great Big Beautiful Bill gave Americans the largest tax cut in US history. No tax on overtime, no tax on tips, no tax on our Social Security. So, Norm that didn’t help you? Reducing regulations for the construction of large manufacturing facilities has enabled approximately $18 billion in new manufacturing investments across the United States, for medication manufacturing, auto manufacturing instead of importing from foreign countries. Stopping the 5 million illegals coming into the US...
September 6, 1860, Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois. She graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary in 1881. She started at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia though she had to dropped out due to poor health. After she regained her strength, she toured Europe where she was inspired to work in social reform. Jane discovered the Toynbee Hall in London, and saw how it tackled the many problems of urban poverty, providing social services and community enrichment for residents of London’s industrial district. In 1889,...
If you’re like me, the larger-than-life Dolly Parton has intersected numerous phases of your story. My awareness of Dolly goes back nearly 60 years. Nashville’s WSM-TV (now WSMV-TV) carried “The Porter Wagoner Show” (on which Dolly performed from 1967-1974) as part of its Saturday afternoon lineup of syndicated country music shows. (I was born a wee bit too late and too far to the west to see Dolly’s debut at age 10 on grocer Cas Walker’s Knoxville-area “Farm and Home Hour,” but...
Coulee Dam Police 8/17 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted a Grand Coulee officer in attempting to locate a man, who was allegedly burgling a Grand Coulee residence. Spotting him in a back yard, police told him to freeze, but he ran. They looked for him, were at one point alerted to his position by deer running in an area, told him to stop multiple times, at one point used a taser to make a noise simply to try and stop him, but after two hours of attempting to catch the man were unable to. 8/18 - At the Coulee Dam gas station an officer was given...
SPOKANE, WA (August 26, 2026) — Sept. 1-7 is National Blood Donation Week, and Vitalant joins the call to encourage people to donate blood and save lives this month. As part of the awareness efforts, Governor Bob Ferguson has proclaimed Washington Blood Donation Day on Sept. 4 Donors of all blood types are vital to helping patients, and maintaining a diverse blood supply is an important part of being prepared for emergencies. Type O blood is especially important because it is among the most-transfused blood types. In an emergency,...
Mosquito Dist. to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 Monthly Meeting for September will be held Thursday, September 3rd instead of Thursday, September 10th at 5:00pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd. in Electric City. Food Bank Hours The food bank regular hours are Fridays from, 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group now holds its meetings Monday thru Friday @ 6 pm every night, at the Vets Center in Electric cCty. Wa. Need more info? Call Betty at 509-429-7817 . In Nespelem, the...
Ainie Belle Powell, 101, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away on May 8, 2026, at her home on Powell Ridge, surrounded by family. She was born September 24, 1924, in Alread, Arkansas, to Lillie Bell Shoffitt and William Henry Pack. Ainie was the youngest of six children. Her father, William, was a surveyor and store owner who also served as a Justice of the Peace and, unofficially, as the Town Doctor. As a young woman, Ainie was briefly married to Morris Watson, with whom she had her son...
Apr. 29, 1955 - July 11, 2026 Curtis Lee Fulton passed away peacefully on July 11, 2026, in Carson City, NV. He was born on April 29, 1955, in Portland, OR, to the late Roy and Diana Fulton. Curtis grew up in Orinda, CA, and pursued higher education at Oregon State University, where he earned a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. After graduation, he began his career with Hyatt Hotels in management. Over the years, Curtis embraced a variety of occupations, including running his own taxi...
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In the 4-5 age group, Cutler connects with the ball on his second try as he learns the skills of a soccer great, along with a few dozen other kids Tuesday evening at the athletic field at the old middle school in Grand Coulee. — Scott Hunter...
