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by Scott Hunter The driver of a late model car left Spring Canyon Road after apparently losing control Saturday afternoon about 3, landing in dry brush and starting a fire. The crash happened right in front of a home at 4550 Spring Canyon Road. Firefighters got there quickly, according to Coulee Dam Police Officer Josh Watkins, who was at the scene for traffic control. No injuries were reported, other than financial. Only a metal hulk was left of the apparently late model car. Firefighters...
Electric City will shift dollars from a project city council members decided to give up on after years of setbacks, spending it instead on a popular park project that is taking shape but needs a financial boost. The city park being built just uphill from the fire station, but will eventually need more funding that what was currently available, despite fundraising efforts. Mayor Diane Kohout said a vote was taken at a special council meeting Aug. 28 to drop the Shoreline Waterfront Trail project that now would cost about $1.4 million to...
Since Lake Roosevelt School are now on a four-day school week, students won't be there for Friday meals, which is a problem for many students. The school district directors agreed Monday to change that with an amendment to their contract with Chartwells, the company that provides the food service, which noted they lost 20 percent of their revenue under the contract when the district went to a four-day week. Superintendent Rod Broadnax said he told Chartwells the district would not pay full...
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus have been detected near Crab Creek in Grant County, the Grant County Health District said Sept. 4. The blood suckers were collected during routine testing on Aug. 24, and the positive result was confirmed at Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Sept. 3. It is possible there could be mosquitoes carrying the virus in other areas. Most people infected with WNV will not get sick, but in some cases it can be serious. About 1 in 150 people who are infected develop a severe illness affecting the central nervous...
Over 700 firefighters are battling two blazes on the Colville Reservation that have burned more than 23,000 acres of forested land. The Rattlesnake Fire started Sept. 1 from lightning and had burned 19,367 acres as of early Wednesday morning in the southeast corner of the reservation. It's 33% contained. The Lynx Mountain Fire has burned 4,226 acres since its Sept. 2 start from and undetermined cause. It is 5% contained. There are 762 firefighters on the fires. Evacuation levels have been set...
Friends and family gather to help Roger Lucas celebrate his 95th birthday Thursday evening at Auntie Dannee's, where he is a regular at breakfast. Lucas, who still writes his weekly column for The Star on page 2, joined the paper in 1989 after working at newspapers for decades and retiring from managing a weekly in Bothell, Washington, then returning to the Grand Coulee Dam area where he and his wife, Dorothy, had lived early in their life together. From bottom left, Lacey Ward, granddaughter...
I began a Prayer Vigil for peace and forgiveness in 2010 after I watched a self-proclaimed preacher preaching hate and violence against Muslims. I believed his actions were contrary to the Way of Christ Jesus and dishonored the victims of 9/11 and their loved ones. On Thursday, Sept. 11, we are coming together once again in the spirit of peace to honor those who were killed on 9/11 in 2001 by men who believed that hate and violence are the answer to God’s calling. Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord. And as Christians we must understand that G...
Both at President Trump’s inauguration and at a recent meeting with him, we have seen the richest men in the world from our country cozying up to Trump to be in his good graces. They have all sold their souls for 30 pieces of silver, as Judas did, pushing the less fortunate people in our society to suffer and tough it out. Where is their guilt to go with it? Sincerely, Roz Luther...
The Palouse River used to ice up to a foot thick or better. It was so thick that people ran their cars out on the ice. Cars were a lot lighter back then. The locals would saw the ice to store in the icehouse for families that didn’t have refrigerators. Our icehouse was located across the bridge and adjacent to the river. My dad was in construction at the time and had a yearlong job in Moses Lake. He would come home for the weekends. We had an old-style ice box that was attached to the house and was accessed through a kitchen window. We would p...
In July, Congress passed an unprecedented Working Families Tax Cut, delivering tax relief for families and small businesses while making reforms to Medicaid to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability. Two months prior, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the biennial state budget which included over $780 million in cuts to Medicaid over the next two years. In fact, the Governor held a performative press conference in Kennewick calling my position on H.R. 1 “morally bankrupt,” even though his signature on the state budget reduc...
September 13, 1959, Soviet satellite Luna 2 became the first spacecraft to make physical contact with another celestial body when it impacted the Moon. The first three attempts to reach the Moon by the Soviets occurred in 1958, all ended in launch failures. Luna 2 impacted in an area about 160 miles from where Apollo 15 landed 12 years later. The satellite carried two metallic spheres with Soviet emblems. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev presented a replica of the spherical pennant to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. That sphere can be seen...
9/5/2025 - NCW Libraries is seeking applications for their Teen Library Council for the 2025 – 2026 school year from teens in 8th through 12th grades residing in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan, or Ferry counties. In 2021, NCW Libraries launched the Teen Library Council as a volunteer advisory board. The council provides opportunities for teens from across the region to have a voice in NCW Libraries teen services and offerings. The council meets virtually once a month to develop programs and resources for teens. “The Teen Library Council is...
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Tuesday and Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Phyllis 631-1187. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921. Food Bank Hours The food bank regular hours are Fridays from, 1-3 p.m. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. Attention Vets A Veterans Service Officer will be at the Electric City Post every...
Rex Norman Chamberlain, 89, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2025, following a short illness. Born in Rupert, Idaho on October 21, 1935, Rex was raised in a large, loving family. It was in Rupert that he met his future wife Lou at a local roller-skating rink. They shared 63 years of marriage before her passing. Rex served in the US Army before beginning a career in construction. He briefly worked in mining before becoming a respected Surveyor and Master Carpenter,... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 8/25 - A reportedly combative patient arrived at the hospital in a tribal ambulance but was no longer combative once police arrived. Coulee Dam Police left once tribal police arrived. 8/25 - 9/6 - Reports were filed without further details related to: fraud on Central Drive; an animal problem on Holly Street; suspicious or wanted on Lincoln Avenue; a traffic accident on Silver Drive in Electric City; a family fight on Miller Avenue; an animal problem on Coulee Boulevard; a citizen assist at the tribal museum; and assisting...
Kids playing Monday night in the Grand Coulee Dam Youth Soccer league took up the last rays of sunlight at dusk with enthusiasm, even if it was for somersaults during the game instead of what their coaches are trying to instill in them. Makeup games, canceled earlier due to smoke, were underway at the former middle school in Grand Coulee. Ruth Randolph, of the league, said she has 168 kids signed up for the sport this year. Coach Trent Turner said he is surprised at how far many of the...