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Just to get you ready for Veteran's Day
Inside this issue of The Star and inside Lake Roosevelt Schools this week are two things designed to help you remember what Veterans Day is all about. And if that were not enough,... — Updated 11/8/2023 Full story
Raiders wrap up regular season
The Raiders beat the Tigers in Tonasket Friday 34-14, in their last North Central 2B League game of the season. “We had a good night throwing the football and a great defensive effort to get the win,” Raider Head Coach Geary Oliver... — Updated 11/1/2023
Ladies to vie for state chance Saturday
The Raider girls beat Liberty Bell in their first District 6 playoff game Saturday at Omak High School 3-0, but lost three hours later to Okanogan in three sets. Then on Tuesday,... — Updated 11/1/2023
PUD discussing how to increase power rates
If you live in Grant County and power your home with Grant PUD electricity, you pay below the utility’s cost to produce it, and discussions are underway now on how to gradually increase rates to get back on track toward ... — Updated 11/1/2023
Coulee Dam Police looking for money for dog and cameras
Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden briefed the city council last week on a couple possibilities for expanding the kinds of services his agency can provide. They include connected cameras that read license plates, and also trained... — Updated 11/1/2023
Birdie Hensley wants on the council again
Birdie Hensley is running for Electric City Council to find out what’s going on, and to fix some earlier mistakes. “I just think if you’re in the community, you should be involved,” she said. “And if you’re not on city council, yo... — Updated 11/1/2023
Two wins put Lady Raiders into postseason
The Raider volleyball team scored two wins this week to put them third in the Central Washington 2B League with a 9-5 win-loss record. The Lake Roosevelt girls put away the... — Updated 10/25/2023
Levi Johnson looks for seat on council
Levi Johnson sees public safety as the most pressing issue facing Electric City. So do his fellow officers. Johnson is a police officer in Grand Coulee, as are two other candidates... — Updated 10/25/2023
Brian Buche seeks re-election to council
Brian Buche sees himself as a voice for the community. Running for re-election to the Electric City Council seat he's held since 2020, full-time UPS driver and now part-time farmer... — Updated 10/25/2023
Tension apparent over hiring for sewer plant
Tension simmered last week during a discussion of what staffing direction Grand Coulee will ultimately take in staffing its wastewater treatment plant. Council members Anita Eylar and Ruth Dalton pressed others on which direction... — Updated 10/25/2023
For lack of a nurse, school shuts for a day
Lake Roosevelt Schools took an unplanned day off Monday after the district learned on Friday it would not have a school nurse. Superintendent Rod Broadnax said he learned as he was out of town Friday that the nurse who had been... — Updated 10/25/2023
Thanks for the front-row seat
I was honored and ambivalent at the same time earlier this month to accept the highest honor awarded by the 136-year-old Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) at a time when, more than ever, I’m still trying to figure... — Updated 10/18/2023
Eyesores discussed in 'ugliest town'
An obsolete recall sign and that one about the ugliest town in the west came up as subjects of poor taste at last night’s Electric City meeting. A woman asked if the city might be able to encourage a sign seeking a recall of W... — Updated 10/18/2023
New rules for short-term rentals heard
If you were planning to rent out a shipping container or RV on your property in Coulee Dam, or use it for events such as weddings, sounds like you’re out of luck, but the town council heard last week exactly how short rentals w... — Updated 10/18/2023
Citizens hear lots of plans in Electric City
Most streets in Electric City could be in for some upgrades if the grants come through, a long-hoped-for waterfront trail should be built by late next summer, and the city’s corroding sewer pipes might be saved with a lining for ov... — Updated 10/18/2023
Coach: Split week belies "great things" in volleyball
The Lady Raiders split the week with a win and loss, but their coach doesn't really see it that way. The Lake Roosevelt team beat Bridgeport in three sets in Coulee Dam Tuesday... — Updated 10/11/2023
Dumping getting complicated
An agreement that lets the local community send trash to the local transfer station is in question because some of that trash comes from outside Grant County, where it ends up. The problem has to do with how state money is... — Updated 10/11/2023
Grand Coulee looks to other towns for ambulance help
Gone are the days when the area was served by two volunteer ambulance services, one in Coulee Dam, one in Grand Coulee, which now is the only one left. That’s getting to be a big job for the few volunteers left on the crew. And t... — Updated 10/11/2023
Discussion on vaping could lead to bigger changes at school
A discussion on a persistent problem with vaping at school turned into an opening conversation on how to solve that and other discipline problems for some students at Lake Roosevelt Schools. Layla Flett, a student representative... — Updated 10/11/2023
Principal coach reports on progress
The good news is “we have good people in the right place” at Lake Roosevelt Schools, a consultant hired to coach principals in the school district told the board of directors Tuesday night, but “we have our work cut out.” Mike Horn... — Updated 10/11/2023
Raiders fall to Bears in long game
When it comes to Brewster, there have been years when Lake Roosevelt could have claimed a moral victory if they'd held the Bears to two touchdowns by halftime, but not this year.... — Updated 10/4/2023
Councilman: city should put teeth in its laws
Old cars are becoming a problem in Coulee Dam, just one of many that are increasing because the city’s ordinances don’t wield enough clout, according to one city council member. Councilmember Keith St. Jeor said he gets com... — Updated 10/4/2023
Tribes import bison to reservation
The Colville Tribes announced Monday it had released nearly two dozen buffalo onto the open range on the reservation "to live in the wild" and that they planned to release all 30 th... — Updated 10/4/2023
LR closet challenge to launch clothing drive with spirit
How does that shirt hanging in your closet — that one (or five) you haven’t worn for a long time — fit in with high school spirit? Believe it or not, a week of school-spirit activities in October will include a clothing drive... — Updated 9/27/2023
Enrollment shifting in local schools
A month into the new school year, the school district in Grand Coulee Dam is teaching 23 fewer students than a year ago, the superintendent reported Monday night, but the Nespelem district has gained more than expected in its new,... — Updated 9/27/2023
