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After a process going back more than two years, the Banks Lake Golf Course will soon be owned and operated by descendents of the area's original people: the Colville Confederated Tribes. Grant County Port District #7 Commissioners quickly voted to approve moving forward with the $1.2 million purchase and sale agreement after Commission Chair Jim Keene gave a presentation on the negotiations and terms at a June 11 Port Commission meeting. It was the only item on the agenda....
Bureau of Reclamation officials opened the doors of the new fire station in Grand Coulee Tuesday during public tours of the nearly complete new facility they said would be open within a few weeks. With terrazzo floors embedded with LED lighting strips to guide engine drivers in, a computer room overlooking the engine bay, a huge kitchen with lockers for individual crew members, windows that adjust the incoming sunlight to the needs dictated by the HVAC system, and much more,...
Construction work at the Bureau of Reclamation's fire station is near completion, and the public is invited to attend an open house set for Tuesday, June 4 from 4-6 p.m., the bureau said in a press release Tuesday. The fire station is located at the west gate to the Grand Coulee Power Office industrial area near the intersection of Highway 155 and B Street. The public is advised to park at Pole Park. Traffic control will be available to safely guide citizens across the...
Bob and Diane Babler of Grand Coulee will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday May 25th, 2024 with a family gathering in Spokane. They were married at the Community Church in Coulee Dam on May 25th 1974. Both are retired from the Bureau of Reclamation. They have two children: Justin (Heather) Babler of Eltopia, Washington and Sarah (Wade) Alling of Grand Coulee. They have 5 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren. Congratulations Mom and Dad!...
Bureau of Reclamation will begin operations May 25 of the "One River, Many Voices" laser light show and John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant public tours. The light show will run nightly at 10 p.m. Pacific Time through July 31. Beginning Aug. 1, the show will start at 9:30 p.m., and from Sept. 1 to 30, it will begin at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are not required to enjoy the laser light show. Public tours at the John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant will be available daily through...
It will start at 11 a.m., just as it has for decades, but for a few hours, chamber leaders thought the upcoming annual Colorama Parade on Saturday would have to be canceled. In fact, it was called off on Monday afternoon. Until about 5 a.m. Tuesday. That's when the executive director of the chamber got an email from the Grant County Sheriff's Office, saying they would, after all, be able to send three deputies in cars to help with traffic control. Closing two intersecting stat...
A firefighter cranks open a hydrant valve in Coulee Dam Tuesday night shortly after a kitchen fire that spread to the attic fully engulfed it by the time firefighters arrived at the duplex at the corner of Central Drive and Spruce Street. Resident Tylor Ryan said on Facebook that everyone, including pets, got out of the duplex and were safe. He said his neighbor in the next unit, Michael Rounds, had minor burns and fire damage in his kitchen, from where the fire spread...
Colorama gets its name from the colorful lights the Bureau of Reclamation used to project onto the milelong concrete dam to mark the start of the summer tourism season here in the Coulee, in the years before the laser light show became a summertime staple. Nowadays, a big part of the weekend festival happens at North Dam Park in Grand Coulee: the vendor fair and food purveyors, live music, a beer garden, and this year, a little traveling circus of aerialists, stilt walkers,...
Local firefighters fought a stubborn fire in a Delano home early Monday, with one person being taken from the scene by ambulance for treatment. At approximately 1:47 a.m. Grand Coulee and Electric City fire departments were dispatched for the fire at 57928 Yakima Street NE in Delano. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation also responded for assistance and led fire ground operations, the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department, stated on its Facebook Monday. The Grand Coulee Ambulance took one patient from the scene to Coulee Medical...
Teresa Puyear died early this January. She was 93 years old. Teresa was born in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and graduated from high school there. She eventually earned an Associate of Arts degree through a program at Eastern Washington University. She was employed by the federal government for over 30 years. She worked for a variety of federal agencies. Initially, she worked for the United States Forest Service (where she met the bear cub Smokey Bear). She transferred to the...
Things have changed over the last four decades in law enforcement. John Tufts has witnessed the changes. The police chief in Grand Coulee is retiring in March, and agreed to chat about what he's learned along the way. There's less respect for people in general now, a change that started about the time cell phones became popular 25 years or so ago. Tufts isn't talking about respect for police, just for people in general, and it's linked to a lack of communication, linked to...
Coulee Area Park and Recreation District (CAPRD) is seeking a vendor for grounds maintenance at North Dam Park, Grand Coulee, WA The time frame for 2024 contract runs from April through the end of October. The selected vendor will provide maintenance of the park in the areas listed below. The budget for this seasonal project will not exceed 22,000 dollars. We reserve the right to extend this contract for up to two years. • Mowing of all cultivated lawn areas -- picnic shelter and adjacent grounds and both ball fields. • Some...
Coulee Area Park and Recreation District (CAPRD) Public Notice - Seeking Vendor Coulee Area Park and Recreation District (CAPRD) is seeking a vendor for grounds maintenance at North Dam Park, Grand Coulee, WA The time frame for 2024 contract runs from April through the end of October. The selected vendor will provide maintenance of the park in the areas listed below. The budget for this seasonal project will not exceed 22,000 dollars. We reserve the right to extend this contract for up to two years. • Mowing of all c...
Elmer City residents met recently to hear about planning efforts for the town's parks and about early results of an ongoing survey on park preferences in the town. City planner Kurt Danison of Highland Associates said the room full of people Jan. 24 was a better turnout than he usually sees for planning meetings in much larger towns, and that interest is what's needed. He said the town so far had 52 people who had responded to a survey on their park preferences, 29 in one...
Raymond (Ray), a man who cherished the outdoors and embodied the spirit of a true craftsman, passed away on January 8, 2024 peacefully at his home in Grand Coulee at the age of 85. Born in Denver, Colorado on June 21, 1938 to Dorothy and Raymond (Sr) Burge, Ray grew up embracing the natural beauty and rugged landscapes of Colorado and Washington. He lived in Wray, Colorado where he helped run the family dry cleaning business. Ray graduated and then married Sylvia Kramer in...
A police officer couldn't wait for the fire department to evacuate a woman inside a home that was burning in Coulee Dam last week. Officer Josh Watkins went back to the home he'd visited a few minutes before for an unrelated matter after the dispatch center in Moses Lake told him a bedroom in the house at 1107 River Drive was now on fire. It was 5:23 p.m. Watkins arrived and saw large flames coming out of the bedroom at the northeast corner of the house. Young people he'd...
Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUATION To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Town Council of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington has adjourned the November 22, 2023, Regular Council Meeting to Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish November 15 and 22, 2023) Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2024 Final Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Town of Coulee Dam will hold a Final Budget Hearing on, November 29, 2023, 6:00 p.m. at...
Electric City’s council last week raised questions and concerns about the funding and staffing of the only ambulance service for the area. The service is run by the city of Grand Coulee’s volunteer fire department, which depends on voluntary staffers responding to calls. The city council’s attention was drawn to the question a month earlier when Grand Coulee City Councilmember Tom Poplawski visited to ask Electric City to consider contributing toward the costs of calls that Grand Coulee can’t bill for because it doesn’t...
Public Notice City of Coulee Dam ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 812 – an ordinance fixing the amounts to be raised by Ad Valorem Taxes for the Year 2024. Ordinance 813 – setting salaries and wages for officers and employees of the town for the calendar year 2024 and repealing ordinance No. 808. Ordinance 814 – amending the 2023 budget as adopted in ordinance No. 806 and amended in ordinance No. 809. Full and complete copy of the above ordinances are available by contacting City Hall during normal busin...
Construction work at the Grand Coulee Dam Fire Station is closing in on the final few months of construction activities. As of Oct. 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said Monday, the bulk of the electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and the fire protection systems had been installed. The exterior concrete masonry veneer and the polished concrete floors also had been completed. Focus areas for November will be the remaining interior work, terrazzo...
Public Notice Announcing Public Review Period for Adoption of the Odessa Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adopting the 2012 Odessa Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) produced by the Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the State of Washington, represented by the Washington State Department of Ecology. The FEIS examined the potential to replace groundwater...
Grand Coulee Police 9/29 - A truck pulling a trailer that was loaded in a too-heavy manner tipped over when leaving the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation industrial area on SR-155, resulting in the truck and trailer being in the roadway. Police diverted traffic until the USBR brought in equipment to remove the truck and trailer. 10/2 - Police told someone at the Eagles how to get a restraining order against a man who asks customers for money and help outside the establishment on the public sidewalk. - Responding to a 911 hangup...
Federal river managers warned last week that Lake Roosevelt’s future operations could change as a treaty between the United States and Canada goes out of date a year from now. Meetings are planned, starting today, to explain it all to the public online. Absent modernization, the treaty would no longer require Canada and the United States to coordinate for flood risk management as they have for the first 60 years of the treaty. The United States’ ability to “call upon” Canadian storage when needed does not expire and continu...
The Biden-Harris administration last week announced a historic agreement to support tribally led efforts to restore salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River Basin. The agreement between the United States, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, and the Spokane Tribe of Indians will fund efforts to test the feasibility of, and ultimately to reintroduce salmon in blocked habitats in the Upper Basin. The pact includes $200 million over 20 years from the Bonneville Power A...
Grand Coulee Police 9/5 - A citizen told police that an intoxicated man was walking in the road near Pole Park on SR-155. Police saw the man walking just off of the roadway on the other side of the fog line. He didn’t want to talk to police, and police told him to stay off the road. The man continued to walk and was near a restricted area owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. He insulted security personnel. Police told him to get off bureau property, he continued to walk. He also said that he had called for a ride. P...
