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Larry Hernandez sat alone Tuesday in the Coulee Dam theater that hasn't been operating as one since 2013, testing speakers with the big screen blank, streaming the audio from his phone via a Bluetooth connection, the 1985 movie "Back to the Future" blaring out. That alone could be taken a hopeful sign for the theater that closed 11 years ago as technological updates mandated by the movie distribution industry collided with small-town realities in many places that still operated with projectors...
A former three-term Grant County commissioner who moved to Grand Coulee five years ago will be the city’s next council member. Tim Snead did not take his seat after the council voted him in on Tuesday night, but he will be sworn in and ready to participate for the next meeting. Snead also served as city administrator of Quincy for 13 years, including during the server farm boom years. “We went from an assessed value of $700 million to $2.4 billion before I left, but I will tell you: Growth is a pain,” Snead said, to laughter around the room....
A verbal argument over a barking dog allegedly escalated into a physical fight, with one man getting shot and injured in Delano Heights Aug. 6, according to a Grand Coulee police report. An 89-year-old man listed as a witness told police he too pointed a firearm at the suspect in order to break up the men — an action the victim’s mother credits with saving her son’s life, the police report said. Dustin Miley, 45, survived his injuries but spent multiple days in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center and is about to under...
A Department of Justice grant created to help small and rural law enforcement agencies combat violent crime will bring in just under $300,000 over three years for the Grand Coulee Police Department to spend on several key strategies as defined by the DOJ. The city council voted to accept the grant August 20, after hearing Officer Matt Gilbert’s presentation at a special meeting the week prior, in which he shared an updated proposal of what specific initiatives the $293,125 award would fund. Gilbert had applied for the grant in 2023, and the D...
Several boat ramps on Banks Lake will be temporarily unavailable because of an upcoming scheduled drawdown. The Bureau of Reclamation will lower the elevation of Banks Lake by 7.3 feet to support environmental and operational objectives, the agency said Aug. 16. The reservoir's level will be lowered Aug. 23 and may remain low through Sept. 5. At that time, the reservoir will return to its regular operation elevation. The drawdown will reduce the lake's elevation to 1,562.7 feet, impacting the...
A 17-year-old lost her life in a tragic crash Aug. 13 as she and her four passengers headed north on SR-155 five miles south of Nespelem. The Washington State Patrol reported that at 9:24 p.m., the 1999 GMC pickup Jaelynn F. Vallee was driving failed to negotiate a curve, drove onto the shoulder, overcorrected, came back across the northbound lane, rotated and rolled onto the southbound shoulder. The four other children in the vehicle injured and taken to hospitals: a 3-year-old girl to Coulee Medical Center, along with a 12-year-old boy; a...
I have family in Grand Coulee but I also have family in Texas. I read The Star news report: “Four-day school week under consideration” (Aug 14 issue) talking about Lake Roosevelt contemplating a proposed four-day school week for the (2025-2026) school year. Some schools in my area of Texas have gone to a four-day week. Oddly enough, one school selected Friday as their “off day,” whereas a neighboring town selected Monday as their school’s “off day.” To me, that was poor planning. In an age of divorced parents and siblings attending dif...
It’s almost impossible today to buy something off the rack that fits. Gone are the days when better clothing stores had a tailor on staff to make minor adjustments so clothes fit better. The biggest issue is fitting the length of trousers. All too many times I have bought pants that needed tailoring so they fit. Yet the service isn’t offered at the store. I have pants hanging in the closet that have been bought, paid for, and just hang there. You end up in double jeopardy if you like a cuff. I guess stores expect you to grow your legs to fit...
August 25, 1978, Georgia Ann “Tiny” Thompson Broadwick died in Long Beach, California. Tiny was an American pioneer parachutist and inventor of the ripcord. She was the first female to jump from an airplane and the first person to jump from a seaplane. Tiny was born in North Carolina in 1893. She was a small person, weighed less than 100 pounds and was less than 5 foot tall. Married at 13 years of age. Later, at 15, she joined a traveling Aeronautical Show. In 1914, due to her skill and fame, she demonstrated parachutes to the U.S. Army. Sou...
As the summer comes to a close and the new school year is looming, excited children are buying backpacks, going over their class schedules, and anticipating all the new things they are going to learn. But with the year beginning, I would be remiss if I did not discuss the elephant in the room —Washington’s education report card. In yWashington state, children ages K-12 are failing to meet the basic math and reading proficiency requirements, test scores are still far below where they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment is down 4%, and...
A motorcycle rider suffered injuries when he lost control of his bike, slid nearly 200 feet, and hit a median light pole, allegedly fleeing police in pursuit across the town of Coulee Dam Friday night. The rider was taken by Grand Coulee Ambulance to Coulee Medical Center. Tribal police had attempted to pull him over north of Coulee Dam on SR-155, when the motorcycle reportedly sped away. He made it to the south edge of the town before losing control near the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center. A...
Coulee Dam Police 8/12 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted a Grand Coulee officer at the Spring Canyon Apartments in Grand Coulee where a man allegedly was threatening to shoot people but a gun wasn’t observed. The Coulee Dam officer stood with the suspect while the Grand Coulee officer investigated the situation. The suspect at one point was going to walk away and so the Coulee Dam officer put him in cuffs to prevent the suspect from fleeing. The Grand Coulee officer ended up arresting the man for disorderly conduct. 8/13 - A loose dog barked at a...
Deana Ladwig, 82, of Spokane Valley, WA passed away on August 3, 2024. She was always prepared and wrote her own obituary as follows: While attending church service on November 22, 2009 a spiritual thing happened to me.... I was told to write my own obituary. I was born the second daughter of Thomas and Olga Bingham in Coulee Dam, WA. My older sister is Jeraldine Bingham (Herm) Caviness of Spokane, WA. A few years after my dad's death while serving his country in World War II, my mom married... Full story
Public Notice City of Coulee Dam ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 818 – an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 483, interim Unified Development Codes. Ordinance 819 – amending the 2024 budget as adopted in ordinance No. 815. Ordinance 820 – an ordinance amending salaries and wages for calendar year 2024. Ordinance 821 – an ordinance amending Coulee Dam Municipal Code Chapter 6.05. Full and complete copy of the above ordinances are available by contacting City Hall during normal business hours. Stefani Bowden, Clerk / Treasur... Full story