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Below are this year’s nominations for The Star’s annual Volunteer of the Year award. Each of them are highly deserving of the honor. When chosen by our readers, they will stand for the honor meant to recognize the many in the com... — Updated 2/18/2016

Nomination letters for The Star’s annual Volunteer of the Year award are published in this issue, on page 2, and online. The honoree is chosen by our readers, either through a written note or an online poll. You can let your c... — Updated 2/18/2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Noxious weed consultants of the Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County will begin inspecting properties on March 7, 2016, in accordance with RCW 17.10.160, for the purposes of general inspection, the taking of... — Updated 2/17/2016

Science Fair Applications are due this Friday. Friday, February 26, 6-8 p.m., Free Family movie Night, elementary cafeteria. Concessions available for purchase.... — Updated 2/17/2016

Wed., Feb, 17 6 p.m., JHS Wrestling,Oroville Mix and Match 6:15 p.m., HS Boys’ Basketball against Oroville (loser out), Eastmont High School 7:45 p.m., HS Girls; Basketball against Tonasket, Eastmont High School Thurs., Feb. 18 5... — Updated 2/17/2016

Four Raider wrestlers earned a trip to the Tacoma Dome for the Mat Classic as they qualified at the end of the Central Washington Regional Tournament Saturday. Kaleb Horn, at 106 pounds; Jacob Smith, at 113; Tony Nichols, at 132; a... — Updated 2/17/2016

Recently Victor “The Mongoose” Camarena was named Regional Junior High Wrestling Coach of the Year. Big accomplishments for any man, but even greater for Victor. Victor is a former Raider himself and a former state-caliber wrestler... — Updated 2/17/2016

The town has all worked for the past 10 years, grappling with ideas, thoughts, concepts, and a lot of hard work regarding the wastewater treatment facility design and implementation. The process involved an amalgamation of two mayo... — Updated 2/17/2016

The community needs to start working together to stop the thievery that is going on in this area. Our local police departments can’t do it on their own and, due to cut backs in budgets, they are short staffed and need our help. We... — Updated 2/17/2016

I wish to nominate Glo Carroll of Coulee Dam as the Grand Coulee Dam area Volunteer of the Year. I don’t personally know Glo, but as a member of this community, I was witness to the amazing work she did this summer in the midst o... — Updated 2/17/2016

I would like to nominate Archie Dennis as the “Volunteer of the Year” as he is very dedicated to helping people in our community and in the surrounding counties. Archie has been an emergency medical technician and fireman for man... — Updated 2/17/2016

Electric City has finally agreed to a contract with Grand Coulee to provide police services. Its city council voted 5-0 for the contract offer, even though some of the language was a bitter pill to swallow. Then there was an... — Updated 2/17/2016

A Selah, Washington man was arrested last Thursday for allegedly trying to break into the marijuana retail store on Burdin Boulevard. Police said Sterling R. Sauve, 22, tried to get into B Street Bud by forcing the back door open.... — Updated 2/17/2016

Tillman named pro tem Jesse Tillman was named mayor pro tem by a vote of council members at Elmer City’s council meeting last Thursday night. He will fill in for mayor Gail Morin when she is away. Blood drive scheduled There w... — Updated 2/17/2016

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... — Updated 2/17/2016

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 m... — Updated 2/17/2016

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 G... — Updated 2/17/2016