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Police have arrested a 26-year-old local man suspected of burglarizing his grandparent’s Electric City home. Grand Coulee police had been looking for him when someone called to say Michael Snyder II had been spotted at the Coulee Dam Casino. Police arrested him there Monday and, after allowing him to finish his coffee and have a smoke, took him to the Grand Coulee police station, where investigators linked him to the burglary on Miller Avenue in Electric City, the home of his grandparents, Milton and Marcia Snyder. They had been away at the t... Full story
"Rumpelstiltskin," a play loved by audiences both young and old, will be performed here March 12, using talent from local schools, and produced by the Missoula Children's Theatre. Auditions for the various roles were held Monday, March 7, at the Grand Theatre in Grand Coulee. The play is sponsored locally by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA. "Rumpelstiltskin" is a fairy tale that originated in Germany and was part of the collection gathered by the Brothers Grimm and published in their collection of... Full story
The public will find out the chamber’s “Achiever of the Year” and “Business of the Year” at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce award luncheon at noon Thursday at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. The chamber sent ballots out recently, asking membership to make their preferences known. Five people have been nominated for “Achiever or the Year”: Debbie Bigelow, Coulee Medical Center administrator; Birdie Hensley, Electric City council member and president of the Senior Center; Kerry Higgins, chamber president owner of Trail West Mo... Full story
The grand prize for the Chamber of Commerce’s fourth annual Triple Fish Challenge, fittingly, is something that will make fishing easier for the winner. The Triple Fish Challenge is scheduled for April 23-24 at Coulee Playland Resort on Banks Lake. The grand prize is an Achilles 14-person inflatable boat and Yamaha outboard motor. The “challenge” is to catch smallmouth bass, walleye and rainbow trout, with various levels of winners chosen in categories like the biggest fish in each species each day, total stringer weight each day, and total... Full story
When storm clouds and the chilly winds of winter subside, a strange phenomenon occurs - golfers come out of the woodwork. They were out in force last Saturday, and officials at Banks Lake Golf Course said Monday that the greens have been mowed and recent rains have helped fairway grasses get their spring color. The 18-hole, 6,127-yard course isn't officially open. Grant County Port District 7 officials, who operate the course, refused to offer up an opening date at their last meeting, realizing... Full story
If you live within the boundaries of Electric City, Grand Coulee or Coulee Dam and are thinking of burning garden waste, think again. It’s illegal, and has been since 2007. The Washington State Department of Ecology has stated that you could be fined as much as $10,000 per day if this law is violated. Officials stated that the ban includes the “urban growth areas” around these municipalities, as well. Residential and land-clearing burning is banned, and you may not dispose of yard waste in a recreational fire. Burning anything in a burn barre... Full story
Glo Carroll has been selected as The Star newspaper's "Volunteer of the Year." She topped the voting total of 171 people who took the time to vote for Carroll and for Archie Dennis, who came in second in the balloting. Glo is the kind of person you can't say no to. She rose to prominence locally during the huge North Star wildfire last summer as she recruited the help of local people and of residents throughout the state to help the brave firefighters who were being stretched thin across fire... Full story
The school board and Paul Turner agreed on a three-year contract Monday night and the Grand Coulee Dam School District has a new superintendent of schools. The board and Turner agreed to a $105,000 annual salary. Turner will take over his new duties July 1. The board offered the position to Turner about a month ago, subject to working out a contract. The contract was signed Monday night. Turner is currently vice principal of the Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School in Coulee Dam. He served... Full story
Officers from Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Secret Service Thursday initiated their second Grand Coulee raid within the past three weeks, this time on a house at 409 A Street. Officers recovered several items that had earlier been taken in a burglary on Wetzel Street in Grand Coulee. Officers served a search warrant after investigators developed information that Melvin Toulou, 43, had been storing stolen property at the house. Toulou had been arrested Feb. 12, when his home was raided and officers found e... Full story
Shane Proctor, a 2003 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School and longtime resident of Grand Coulee, showed his toughness, again, last Saturday, by winning the “Iron Cowboy” award at Arlington, Texas. It was another feather in Proctor’s cowboy hat, and a little jingle to boot, as the win gave him prize money of $115,625, and vaulted him from eighth to first in the Professional Bull Riding world standings. Now it’s on to the next PBR major, the third of four, this time in Las Vegas, Nevada. He won it all Saturday before some 35,000 fans cheerin... Full story
Eighteen students from Coulee Dam schools will be going to Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights to continue studies of the Salish language. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved the trip at its meeting Monday night. The trip is for March 8 – 11 and involves members of the Lake Roosevelt Spirit Eagle Society. It’s all part of the Title VII after-school program. Indian Education Director Kim Stanger made the presentation to the board and stated Tuesday that 17 of the 18 students making the trip are from the third, fourth, fif... Full story
Two fifth graders from the “highly capable” program made presentations before the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night and held members spellbound with their subjects and quick wit. Dustin Bertrang and Lilly Button had earlier, along with others from the group, made presentations to third graders. The two researched and developed their information, wrote it out, and delivered their subjects as well as any presentations during the evening. “Those are hard acts to follow,” commented the next presenter before the board, Athleti... Full story
Lake Roosevelt High School is in a new Central Washington 2B league. The new league, made up of many of LR’s competitors, will operate under WIAA sanctions for the next four years, and begin this fall. Athletic Director Richard Black told the school board Monday night that the new league met the district’s goals of less travel and more reasonable competition. The schools in the new league will play home and away games against each other and, in most cases, still have games with teams outside their league. In the new league, in addition to Lak... Full story
A look at possible consolidation of services between Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam may end up as just finding ways to raise the level of cooperation. Mayors Paul Townsend of Grand Coulee, Greg Wilder of Coulee Dam, two councilmen from each municipality, and their fire chiefs and police chiefs met Monday in Coulee Dam to explore ways of combining services such as ambulance and fire departments. “We are really looking at raising the level of cooperation,” Grand Coulee Mayor Paul Townsend said Tuesday. “There’s too many counties involved to move fo... Full story
Those who were disappointed in the Laser Light Show last season because the Bureau of Reclamation couldn't spill water as a backdrop for the lasers will be happy to hear that things will be fixed in time for the show this spring. The bureau has normally allowed a shallow spill across the face of the dam during the light show, adding a whitewater backdrop for the colored lasers. When a seal leak on one gate began leaking last year, it meant the lasers had only the dark concrete to dance on. Work... Full story
When he arrived at work about noon last Friday, the new owner of Riverview Lanes interrupted someone who had broken into the bowling alley. Scott Elmore told police that when he entered the bowling alley he saw light coming from the bowling machine area and when he started to investigate he saw the shadow of a person making a run for the door. Elmore said he raced to the door but by the time he got there the person had vanished. It was the third time since Oct. 19, 2015, that the bowling alley had been burglarized. Missing were Elmore’s portabl... Full story
It isn’t often that one home would be burglarized three times within a couple of weeks, but that just happened in Grand Coulee. Many items stolen from a burglary at the William “Moe” Evans home in Grand Coulee were recovered Feb. 12, when a county interagency task force and the U.S. Secret Service raided a house on Burdin Boulevard, police officials stated. Police Chief John Tufts said several items taken from the Evans home, which included a fireplace and dishes, were recovered Feb. 12, when officers raided the Melvin Toulou, Jr., home in Gran... Full story
The Nez Perce Longhouse Rebuilding Committee is asking for help in its efforts to rebuild their tribal longhouse that was lost to an electrical fire three years ago. Secretary Gloria Simpson said last week that an¥yone can h¥åelp with funding by sending a check or money order to the Chief Joseph Longhouse Building Fund, in care of Albert Andrews-Redstar, 1105 Tilmus Street, Coulee Dam, Wash., 99116. Simpson said the group is using a variety of methods to develop funding for the new longhouse, including grants and the soliciting of funds from th... Full story
Chamber of commerce members will award the “Achiever of the Year” and the “Business of the Year” at a special noon luncheon March 10, scheduled at the Moose Lodge. The awards will be decided from a vote of Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce members. A special ballot went out to chamber membership earlier this week. Five people have been nominated for “Achiever of the Year.” They are Debbie Bigelow, Birdie Hensley, Kerry Higgins, Scott Hunter and Jerry Sands. Those nominated for “Business of the Year” are Coulee Dam Federal Credit... Full story
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the North Central Washington Gun Club, will host a handgun safety course on Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the NCW gun range in East Wenatchee. The class is open to those 21 and older who have no restrictions on gun ownership. Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal stated that there has been a spike in the number of people applying to purchase handguns and to obtain concealed pistol licenses. The goal, Gjesdal noted, is to reduce the likelihood of injury or death by improper h... Full story
One man is in jail and another suspect is being sought after a county interagency task force and the Secret Service raided a Grand Coulee residence early Friday morning. The raid site was lined with police vehicles and slowed traffic that used Burdin Boulevard as a route to get to work. Arrested and jailed was Melvin E. Toulou, Jr., 42, of 308 Burdin Boulevard. The search warrants covered that address and another home at 58220 Spokane Boulevard. Officials said the investigation covers thousands... Full story
Coulee Dam residents will get an update on the proposed wastewater treatment plant project at a public meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 24, starting at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. In a letter to the editor in today’s Star newspaper, Mayor Greg Wilder stated that the town has “virtually completed the environmental processes and approved the engineering contracts.” He went on to write, “Rural Development, our funding agency, has now approved the engineering contract, and we expect funding in the form of a grant/loan package within a month or so.” The quest... Full story
Grand Coulee’s city council will meet one more time in February, but then will meet only once a month. The council passed its once-a-month ordinance at its meeting Feb. 2. After the Feb. 16 meeting, the Grand Coulee council will meet once a month on the third Tuesday of the month. Its meeting in March will be on the 15th, and meetings will start at 6 p.m. The new ordinance amends the city code. City Clerk Carol Boyce said the once-a-month change for meetings will allow city staff more time to prepare matters for the council, and allow c... Full story
The Chief Joseph Nez Perce Longhouse, destroyed by fire three years ago, may soon be replaced by a new building if a committee working for it can settle with insurance and find more funding. The new replacement building is projected to cost $3 million, a press release from the Colville Tribes said, but a settlement with an insurer still has to be worked out. And the effort must break ground by July 1 this year or face the loss of the insurance funds. At the time of the fire, Dec. 26, 2012, it... Full story
There’s an effort to resurrect “Them Dam Writers,” an organization that encourages people to write. The group had been organized back in the 1980s, but in recent years had dwindled to only a few. The effort to get the group going again started with a brainstorming meeting Saturday afternoon at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. Them Dam Writers is a non-profit organization that had many of its members’ articles published in The Star newspaper in a “Reflections” column. The group in the past has featured writers’ workshops, poetry writin... Full story