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Nespelem Elementary School has canceled school for Monday, Feb. 6. due to too much snow." Th"ere will be no preschool at all tomorrow, nor will breakfast be served, the school announced Sunday evening. Lake Roosevelt Schools will... — Updated 2/6/2017

Nespelem School will start two hours late on Tuesday, Feb. 7.... — Updated 2/6/2017 Full story

Green fees to stay the same Sometimes when organizations don’t raise rates it makes the news. Port District 7 commissioners last week reported membership dues at Banks Lake Golf Course will remain the same for another year. I... — Updated 2/2/2017 Full story

To all of the residents of Coulee Dam: With Mayor Wilder PLEADING for passage, the Town Council voted three to two and approved the Recreation Trails Programs Resolution #16-2322 for the Candy Point/Crown Point Trailhead... — Updated 2/2/2017 Full story

There are over 250 probable and confirmed cases of mumps in Washington, including cases in Grant, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane and Yakima counties. The Grant County Health District encouraged residents to take every precaution... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, February 2, at the La Presa Mexicam Restaurant, Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business. American Legion to Meet The... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Wed., Feb. 1 – Dinner Shepherd’s Pie, Mixed Veggies, Fruit Slices w/Dip, Cookies Thurs., Feb. 2 – Dinner Fish ad Chips, Green Beans, Peaches, Cook's Choice Fri., Feb. 3 – Breakfast Country Skillet (meat, eggs, potatoes), Gravy,... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Income tax time is here! Free tax preparation is being offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center again this year. Volunteers trained in cooperation with IRS and AARP will be available every Tuesday, Feb. 14 through April 11, from... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Coulee Dam expects to award a construction contract in late March to build a new multimillion dollar wastewater treatment plant, the mayor and consulting engineers told the town council Wednesday. The town got a “verbal OK” ear... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Mikel Cunningham, 65, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away in Yakima, Washington Thursday, January 26, 2017. A complete obituary will appear in a future issue of the Star.... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Our youth can sometimes get a bad rap. A small group of rebellious teens can sometimes make an impression on an individual that defines an entire generation in that person’s eyes. The words disconnected, lazy, distracted and e... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

As Washingtonians, all we have to do to enjoy some of the most beautiful natural scenery anywhere is to look out the window or take a short drive to one of our spectacular national parks or forests. We treasure our access to public... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

My wife and I are in our seventies and have voted in local, state and national elections many times. You win sometimes, you lose sometimes. Jesse’s article was right on point. Very well done. Herb and Linda Sherburne Coulee D... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Readers of The Star should understand that opinions published on these pages do not necessarily represent this newspaper’s position. We print many articles that do not. That we would do so seems to surprise some. That very s... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Kevin Portch owns Loepp Furniture and Appliance. A story last week incorrectly named his parents as the owners.... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Citizens and town council members argued Wednesday over whether to OK an application for a grant that would help save an old “steam building” behind Coulee Dam Town Hall, developing it into a trailhead for Candy Point Trail — w... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

An organizational community watch meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Almira/Coulee Dam Community Church. The meeting is a follow-up to an initial meeting held early in December, and is being organized by Ed Bart... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Electric City’s 25-year Pathway and Revitalization plan is complete. This week, the Star newspaper looks at two new city parks as they are outlined in the plan. Funding for parts of the Pathway and Revitalization is anticipated t... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story

Money makes the world go around, and it also builds school classrooms. Both classrooms and money are in short supply at the Grand Coulee Dam School District, just three years after opening the new Lake Roosevelt Schools complex in... — Updated 2/1/2017 Full story