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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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A young Electric City man was killed and another man injured last week in a one-car rollover about a mile south of Electric City. Brandon Buche, 23, had recently finished a tour with the U.S. Navy, where he served as an electrician’s mate. He was employed at Safeway in Grand Coulee while working to pursue a career with electricity. Around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, Buche was driving a 2006 Jeep Wrangler on Bay Area Drive near Coulee View Road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported. The Jee... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/12 - A dispute over a niece smoking pot at a Weil Place residence brought police. It was decided that the niece and uncle would leave the house for the night. - A woman told police that she received a counterfeit $20 bill when getting change from Safeway. Police took the fake bill as evidence. 3/13 - Dispatch advised police that someone had been seen dropping off a bag in a field near East Grand Avenue in Electric City. Police looked but couldn’t find the reported bag. - A woman called police to tell the officer that s... Full story
After racking up multi-million dollar losses in four of the past five years, Coulee Medical Center will put in place a turn-around plan to “stop the bleeding,” CEO Jonathan Owens said, “sooner, rather than later,” and that will include some strategic job cuts. Owens said CMC will be operating in the black within eight months, predicting the restructuring plan will produce a nearly $6.6 million turnaround in 2017 and $3.6 million per year thereafter. The hospital is currently in debt to Grant County and out of sorts with its mortgage loan co... Full story
ELECTRIC CITY, Wash. (15MAR2017) - A 23-year-old Electric City man was killed and another man injured as the result of a one vehicle rollover about one mile south of Electric City early Wednesday morning. Brandon Buche was driving a 2006 Jeep Wrangler on Bay Area Drive near Coulee View Road around 2:00 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road. The Jeep left the roadway, tripped on the soft gravel ditch and rolled one-and-one-quarter times. Buche was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He was taken by Grand...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, March 16, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. General business will be on the agenda. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet every Tuesday 1-4 p.m., except for Monday, March 28, which has been canceled. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or marlene@kissedquilts.com for details. Enter east end of building, push in door knob to release door latch. Grant County Demos to Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Grant County Democratic... Full story
Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers, are planning a blood drive for Monday, March 20. Donation hours will be from 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! For more information contact Tina Lingo 509-981-7023.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/6 - Vandals did about $125 damage at Young’s Welding. Boys with long skateboards were thought to be responsible. The suspects tipped a display over and broke a rock, the police report stated. 3/7 - USBR Plant Protection was notified by a citizen of two small juveniles on the Coulee Dam bridge who appeared to be distraught. The department tried to contact Coulee Dam police, but when they couldn’t, a Grand Coulee officer drove to Coulee Dam. No one was on the bridge. - Police assisted Coulee Dam and tribal police in serving... Full story
Jillian and Richard Coffey, of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Caleb Ross Coffey, born Monday, February 20, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 3.7 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Sibling is Cody Coffey, age 11. Maternal grandparents are Gene and the late Melinda Fields. Paternal grandparents are Todd and Laurie Coffey. Great-grandparents include Betty and Gene Fields, Shiela Coffey, and Carol DeFranco.... Full story
Lachelle Ives and Nicholas Barnaby, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Landon Donald Barnaby, born Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 21.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Chantelle Pakootas, Twila Ann, and Clyde Barnaby. Maternal grandfather is Mark Ives. Paternal grandparents are Suzy Spangler and Boozer Barnaby.... Full story
Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by Melanie Slatina, are planning a blood drive for Monday, March 20. Donation hours will be from 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! For more information contact Tina Lingo 509-981-7023.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/21 - Police checked on a disturbance at a Hill Avenue apartment. Police encountered a woman who refused to stop and went around the corner of the apartment complex, where she fell, breaking her ankle. She had complained that a man had hit her. A woman who said he had not was found to be wanted on a warrant, arrested and taken to Grant County jail. An ambulance was called for the woman with the broken ankle. - A clerk at Coulee Gas said she wanted an Elmer City man permanently banned from the store after the man tried to... Full story
Dangerous crosswalk discussed Cheryl Hoffman, president of the local senior center, asked Grand Coulee City Council to do something about the dangers of the crosswalk on Federal Way. She said that seniors use this crosswalk and drivers coming down the hill are often speeding, making crossing the street dangerous to older people. She suggested a “hidden crosswalk” sign or putting in a four-way stop sign at the corner of Federal Way and Main Street. Fire and ambulance calls reported Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Chief Richard Paris reported tha... Full story
Stephenie and Joel DeWinkler of Grand Coulee, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Neytiri Skye DeWinkler, born Friday, February 10, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include: Savannah Hobrecht, Chloe Hobrecht, Jazelyn Hobrecht, Kirah Lukin and Nora DeWinkler. Maternal grandparents are Molly Morris-Hobrecht and Stephen Hobrecht. Paternal grandparents are Jeff and Donna DeWinkler.... Full story
Mara Landrum and Tristan Daniels of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Wesley Thomas Richard Daniels, born Friday, February 3, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 3.5 oz., and was 20.25 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Baylee 18, Harley 14, and Trinity 20. Maternal grandparents are Lynette Zierden and Don Redfield. Paternal grandparents are Susan Watkins and Richard Kohloff.... Full story
After 40 years working at the hospital, Lorale Johnson said she has no plans to retire soon. "Who wants to go home and just sit?" she said. Johnson was honored last week for her four decades of work in the facility that is now called Coulee Medical Center, with co-workers describing her on a bulletin board full of cards with words such as "Never Ending Dedication!," "energy", "blessing," and "joyfully." Johnson has seen a lot of changes in the healthcare industry over the years and in her own... Full story
A telephone service outage for CenturyLink customers in the Grand Coulee Dam area lasted for several days following a power outage centered in in Ephrata. A spokesperson for CenturyLink said that there had been several phone outages in eastern Washington following an electrical transformer fire in Ephrata Wednesday night. Ephrata and Omak also suffered telephone outages, noted Kerry Zimmer, eastern Washington marketing and communications manager for CenturyLink. Coulee Dam's problem seemed to... Full story
The Nespelem All-Indian Basketball Tournament was held this past weekend, bringing people together to bond over basketball and bringing people to the area during the tourists' off-season. Thirty-two teams, spanning different age groups, participated in the tournament, with each paying $350 to participate. The games took place at the gymnasiums at the Nespelem Community Center, Nespelem Elementary School, Lake Roosevelt High School, and at the former middle school in Grand Coulee. "I think that... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, February 23, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. Denis Felton from Washington State Parks will be the guest speaking. Community Blood Drive Feb. 27 Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers, led by Melanie Slatina, at the community room at Coulee Medical Center on Monday, February 27. Donation hours will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Inland Northwest Blood Center needs an average of 200... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/10 - Dispatch reported to police that there was an intoxicated man passed out with a bottle of Fireball on the steps of a residence on Van Tyne Avenue. When police arrived, the man was up and staggering and had a laceration on his forehead. He refused an offer of treatment and requested a ride to the casino, where he could catch transit to Nespelem. - A Moses Lake woman told police that there was a juvenile duct taped to a pole at the Tropical Pig location in Electric City. Police checked on the report but couldn’t find an... Full story
The phone service outage in the Grand Coulee Dam area still has no end in sight. Crews will be working through the night on the cable damage. From a power outage and from excessive water. Here's the latest full press release from the company: A CenturyLink customers in Coulee Dam and surrounding areas out of service SPOKANE, WA. – CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) Due to an earlier power failure and extensive water damage, cables in downtown Coulee Dam are out of service impacting approximately 1,000 voice customers in Coulee Dam and the surroundin...
Electric City's Pathway and Revitalization project has been through a public input process and will soon go before the city council for adoption. The project had three community workshops, been discussed at various council meetings, commented on through a survey, and moved forward by a community advisory group. A team comprised of Assistant Professor Kathleen Ryan and students from Washington State University's Rural Communities Design Initiative, who gathered the information and put the plan... Full story
Coulee Medical Center turned in postive financial results for the often-gloomy month of December, a high spot on what has been a bumpy landscape for the hospital this year, and a consulting finance expert sees a smoother road ahead. Its $192,243 gain for the month gleams compared to losses in recent months and a total loss for the year of a whopping $5.7 million, due mostly to a decision to stop spending huge amounts to upgrade its electronic health records system. Even without that large cost showing up all at once instead of ammortized over... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday, February 16, due to the installation banquet 6 p.m. that night at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Community Blood Drive Feb. 27 Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers, led by Melanie Slatina at the community room at Coulee Medical Center on Monday, February 27. Donation hours will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 509-981-7023. Okanogan County School Retirees’ A... Full story
Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County PUBLIC NOTICE Noxious weed consultants of the Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County will begin inspecting properties on March 1, 2017, in accordance with RCW 17.10.160, for the purposes of general inspection, the taking of specimens of weeds, and the performance of eradication or control work. If there is any landowner who objects to these inspections, please notify the Noxious Weed Control Board of Grant County at (509) 754-2011, Ext. 4710, or (800) 572-0119, Ext. 4710, by March 1, 2017. Signed:... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/4 - Police checked on a report that someone had kicked in an apartment door on Hill Avenue looking for a person who was supposed to have a lot of tattoos. The police report stated that there was no evidence the door had been kicked in. 2/5 - An Electric City driver was issued a reckless driving ticket by mail after she allegedly ran an officer off the road on Sunny Drive in Electric City. The officer was driving with his family and reported that the driver was using her cellphone at the time and may not have seen him. The... Full story