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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a dangerous new rule beginning Oct. 22 that will threaten the healthcare of millions of Americans. The rule, “Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments,” will effectively end Americans’ ability to personally import their prescription medicines. Importing prescription drugs from licensed international pharmacies is the only lifeline for seniors on limited incomes, people with high-deductible health plans, and the uninsured. That’s why CBP and the FDA have allowed it for dec... Full story
What are they running on to help you? Well, what they are running on is as follows. Abolish prisons, abolish police, abolish President, abolish Senate, they want 13 to 17 Supreme court justices, congress to appoint president, eliminate the department of war, open the borders like what President Biden did, no one knows how many illegals entered the United States some estimates and 10 million, 15 million, 20 million. Expand full voting rights for all non-citizens and people convicted of criminal confections, abolish ICE, cut the federal military... Full story
Perhaps worst of Michael Baumgartner’s habitual votes contradicting his policy statements is his continually advocating for slashing federal spending but then voting for One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). This added $4.1 trillion to the national debt which has doubled to $40 trillion since 2017, the beginning of President Donald Trump’s first term. The Baumgartner-supported Iran war costing over $75 billion and counting is another example raising the debt. Deceit-prone Baumgartner could have killed OBBB because it passed the House by just one vot...
In 1975, Central Washington University (CWU) President, Dr. Jim Brooke, proposed a simple idea: create a week-long summer camp at CWU to introduce high school students to the nation’s free-enterprise system while rubbing shoulders with leaders who own and run businesses. Brooke’s team developed a computer simulation---the operating system for Business Week. It became the blueprint for a start-up business which would be educational, bonding and fun. It worked like “magic!” Students came from different backgrounds and became ferocious competi...
Taking opportunity where they found it, the couple working to create the Coulee Art House hosted a reception for the Washington Supreme Court justices last week as the court happened to schedule one of the court's traveling sessions in Nespelem. Ben and Naomi Dupris have been working to bring together their vision for an artistic hub and resource place for youth. As the old Coulee House Motel was being torn down, they saved as much of the salvageable signs as they could, which are now inside...
Hopefully, the justices of the Washington State Supreme Court came to our community to learn a thing or two, because they probably did, whether they realize it or not. It’s the kind of knowledge that sneaks into your mind quietly, the kind that lets you look back on your former self and realize what has changed in you, that somehow the formerly obvious truth has slipped away in humble retreat before a rising inspiration that is just as true. Those nine already very wise men and women may someday look back to a conversation they had with a d... Full story
Health from the point of view of the healer means not only health in the physical today, but also balance and harmony in all parts of life. The process of healing is really a process of remembering who you are. To remember who you are means (results in?) rediscovering your path. “Health” is an abstractly pliable concept. It may be defined merely as the absence of disease and disability. Or it may be given a much more positive meaning such as in The WHO Constitution. The WHO definition is: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and soc...
In my area on Pearl Avenue, kindness is present and well. Last week I wrote how kind Denise Anderson is. This week I am writing about Dorothy Stiegelmyer who lives next door to me. I totally appreciate their acts of kindness. My wife, when still living, used to wake up and put out our garbage cans. Now that she is gone, I notice Dorothy S. doing it. Dorothy is always fixing cookies or something tasty and bringing it over. Thanks Dorothy. I’ve asked her to knock and then announce her presence so I don’t have to get up from my chair. Dorothy is...
People wanting to voice their opinions to the school board may have to be more prepared with their thoughts if the board adjusts its policy for receiving public comment. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors reviewed proposed revisions to its public comment procedure Sept. 14, discussing shorter speaking limits, a sign-in requirement and a shift away from answering residents on the spot. The changes to their procedure for audience participation were taken up as a discussion....
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country. This marks the 25th case that the U.S. Department of Justice has lost in its push to access sensitive voter information. The Justice Department has sued many states for voter rolls, and has yet to have a judge rule in its favor. An appeals court has also ruled against it in a lawsuit against Michigan. The federal government has appealed many of its other...
We’re entering a new world of cyberattacks, and Washington isn’t ready. In August, an OpenAI model still in the cybersecurity testing phase “broke out” of its highly controlled testing environment and hacked into the production infrastructure of the well-known AI company Hugging Face. Hugging Face immediately discerned that this was driven by an AI agent because of its pace and sophistication, and they used an open-source Chinese model to quell the threat. Five days later, OpenAI confessed that their model had done the hacking over the course...
Electric City's leaders are wondering if residents want to keep using cameras at the end of town that snap photos of every car passing by, then stores the photos, records its license plate, time, and other information in a sharable online database. The city council on Tuesday postponed a decision on the city's Flock Safety license-plate reading cameras until October, pending information on the cost and filing deadlines for a possible special election to let voters decide. The council took no... Full story
With attendance sharply up and the principals assurance of seeing progress, the school board approved this school year’s School Improvement Plan Monday. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors approved the district’s 2026-27 school improvement plan Sept. 14 after hearing from Elementary Principal Lisa Lakin that chronic absenteeism at the elementary school has fallen from 233 students to 61 in a single year. Lakin presented a one-page summary of goals the district set last spring rather than the full 67-page document, tel...
It’s about what kind of a country we want. Which helps determine what kind of world we want. After WWII, following much heartbreak and destruction, our government used the Marshall Plan to help rebuild not only bricks and mortar, but also human relationships. What we did engendered good feeling and kindness in response from many. This is distinctly missing under our current President and reigning Congress. It can be demonstrated by the early take-down of USAID letters and mission. Wednesday night Spokane heard Rep. Baumgartner and opposing c...
My neighbor, Denise Anderson, is The Dahlia Lady. Each fall my house is filled with dahlias. She has raised the most beautiful dahlias. And lucky me. I get most of them. I have three bouquets right now. I get them because her husband Howard is allergic to them. Sorry Howard, but you are missing out. Denise raises a wide variety of dahlias. Some are gigantic. If you remember the late Dick Taylor, he was a cross-stitch champion if there was such a thing. He learned that I liked dahlias and did a cross-stitch dahlia for me. For many years, I hung...
Elmer City officials signaled more utility rate hikes may be unavoidable as they wrestle with mounting attorney fees from the town’s ongoing sewer dispute with Coulee Dam, council members said at Monday night’s meeting. Mayor Jesse Tillman told the council the town is currently covering its basic sewer costs but is falling short once legal bills tied to the court case are added. He estimated Elmer City would need about $30 more per sewer customer per month just to keep up with attorney fees if the legal fight continues through next year. A jud...
COLVILLE – Fire investigators with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are seeking the public's help in locating several vehicles seen near the Cumbo fire in Okanogan County. The fire was first reported on September 11 at 2:00 pm on Burma Road, approximately two miles northwest of Methow. The fire spread to 51 acres and required multiple firefighters and aircraft to control. Witnesses reported seeing and hearing motorcycles operating off-road near the fire origin. At approximately 2:30 p... Full story
She graduated at the top of her class from Lake Roosevelt High four years ago, then earned her bachelor's degree at Western Washington University in Bellingham last spring where she was named an "Outstanding Graduate." "During her time at WWU, Piturachsatit completed a 360-hour internship with Bellingham Public Schools shadowing the International Baccalaureate coordinator at Happy Valley Elementary and Alderwood Elementary," wrote Mary Lane Gallagher of WWU's communications department....
It’s normal that hundreds of tons of trash to be hauled from Grand Coulee to Ephrata in a typical month. Manager Randy Gumm moved roughly 420 tons of solid waste last month on 19 trailer loads from the Delano Regional Transfer Station, according to his report to the Regional Board of Mayors Sept. 2. Asked about how much solid waste he typically hauls to the landfill in Ephrata, Gumm also noted holiday use at Steamboat Rock State Park had pushed volumes sharply higher over the Fourth of July weekend, with park users generating nearly 9 tons o...
America’s collective understanding of itself was mortally injured 25 years ago. What we feel about our nation now, what we live every day breathing about it, is not what it was before September 11, 2001. In the long run, that’s at least as tragic as the thousands of Americans killed when two airliners were turned into giant, flying weapons aimed at the edifices that housed the literal and figurative powers of capitalism and U.S. military might — the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Much more than physical structures started careening downw... Full story
Not that Don McLean asked me, but I was born too late to “recall what was revealed the day the music died.” The terrorist plane crashes of September 11, 2001, though? Those I remember. And how they revealed the paired vulnerability and tenacity of a nation. In fact, on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy, I shared personal details of that day with my readers. And just like that, another five years’ worth of survivors, first responders and witnesses have passed away. Since the 20th anniv...
September 8, 2026 Five races for seats on Washington's state Supreme Court are set to get much more attention over the next two months. These races typically pass by without much notice as incumbent justices often sail to reelection to the nine-member court that decides appeals from lower courts, including on the legality of controversial state laws. It also guides the work of lower courts. For example, the justices last year slashed caseload limits for public defenders, and will soon consider... Full story
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 of a fo...
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 I did shop at a...