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Even in an election year when most races were for often uncontested local offices, several were too close to call last night when county election offices stopped counting ballots after 8 p.m. In Grand Coulee, Mayor Ruth Dalton wasn’t getting too nervous yet about barely trailing by 52-48, Chantel Crowe, the city’s deputy clerk who decided to run for the mayor’s office. Neither was Crowe, reached on her way back from a leadership class in Ephrata. She also said it was too close to call. “As of now, I’m excited and I’m certainly honored,” she sai...
Christmas is coming soon! Trees of Sharing 2025 is beginning this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Beginning in the 1980’s, the Trees of Sharing program has been a pathway for Grand Coulee Dam Area residents to be a blessing to needy local children. If you are a parent or guardian in a family or know a family with children under age 18 living in the Coulee as far north as Belvedere that could use the encouragement of having Christmas gifts provided, please fill out Trees of...
Grand Coulee Police 10/20-10/25 - Tattoo equipment, a child’s school backpack, and other miscellaneous items were taken from a Section Place residence. A window on a door had been broken. There wasn’t enough evidence to say it was a man who lives in a shed on the property and is being evicted; he allegedly had later sent a text to the reporting party saying they would regret this. Police hadn’t been able to talk to the man at the time of the report. The next day, a fight broke out at the residence involving people there to collect belon...
Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2026 Final Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Town of Coulee Dam will hold a Final Budget Hearing on, November 19, 2025, 5:00 p.m. at Town Hall. Copies of the 2026 Preliminary Budget are available by contacting Town Hall during normal business hours. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to provide either written or oral comments concerning the 2026 Budget at said Hearing. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish November 5 and 12, 2025) Grant County Fire District #14... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Billups Sub Co. on Main Street to put on “a fun and festive” Trunk or Treat event from 4-6:30 p.m. on Halloween. People are encouraged to bring the kids in costume for a safe and family-friendly evening of trick-or-treating from decorated trunks, local businesses, and community members. It’s a way to celebrate Halloween, connect with neighbors, and enjoy Main Street together, the chamber says. Drive by Lake Roosevelt High School from 4-6 p.m. on Friday and you can pick up India...
Jenna Engleland, a third-grade teacher at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School, receives some kudos and a framed certificate Monday night at the school board meeting for "hard work and dedication to the children of Grand Coulee Dam School District and helping to build the future of public education Washington." Superintendent Rod Broadnax told the second-year teacher that he was "very impressed with work you're doing." That includes launching the Bite to Go program, which provides nutritious food...
Coulee Dam Police 10/20 -10/23 - Police arrested a man for allegedly violating a no-contact order following a series of events including him dropping kids off at the school while a woman protected in the order was there, and his son contacting her to retrieve belongings when the no-contact order stipulates no third-party contact. Allegedly, the man’s shed lock had also been cut by the woman’s son to retrieve a gas can. A civil standby performed by police for the retrieval of belongings was also noted in the report. 10/25 - A driver was pul...
Recently, governors Bob Ferguson (Washington) and Tina Kotek (Oregon) asked the federal court to lift a stay (hold) on litigation primarily directed at tearing down the four lower Snake River dams. President Trump’s executive order stopped federal agencies from taking part in litigation. It halted “behind the scenes” efforts to spend billions to tear down Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams. Lately, breaching proponents switched their tactics to federal dam operations that curtail hydroelectric production and incre...
Grand Coulee Police 10/13-10/20 - Reports were filed without additional details on the situations including reports related to: burglary on Burdin Boulevard; an abandoned vehicle on D Street; shots heard on Section Place; a disturbance at the hospital; a traffic accident on Spokane Way; fraud on 2nd Street; burglary on Main Street; a disturbance on Alcan Road; suspicious circumstances at the post office; theft on Section Place; disorderly conduct on Cardinal Road; and Burglary on Section Place. 10/18 - An alarm at CR Lumber was determined to...
An elementary school teacher was arrested Monday on a charge of “Communication with a Minor for Immoral Purposes.” Kittitas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Ross Ashenfelter, a fourth-grade teacher at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School at 11:55 a.m. Ashenfelter, 42, of Coulee Dam, was arrested at the school, where he was doing some administrative work while the school was closed for the holiday, the sheriff’s department said in a statement. The sheriff’s office said the arrest resulted from investigations by detectives with the Washington taskf...
Chris Bulger was sworn in to a vacant seat on the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday. Bulger works at the Grand Coulee Dam, where he was hired as an employee in 2014 after first working there as a contractor in 2000, he said in his letter of interest to the city, which he sent in May. Bulger and his wife, Melissa, live on Columbia Avenue. She is the town clerk in Wilbur, and was encouraging Chris to volunteer for the town they live in. "So I was like, yeah, I don't mind helping out the town,"...
Coulee Dam will not be providing a school resource officer for Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School this year as was earlier expected. Mayor Bob Poch said at the Oct. 8 town council meeting that the town didn’t have enough police officers to cover the duties at this point. The town just swore in a new officer last week. Police Chief Paul Bowden said there was not enough time to get everything done before sending an officer to that duty. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Rod Broadnax said the delay actually helps the district with a b...
Coulee Dam Police 10/5 - Police went to Tilmus Avenue where a man who had previously been in an argument with a woman’s son at a bar in Electric City and was reportedly going to sleep in a trailer on the property, but instead had allegedly threatened her son, locked himself in the bathroom and dumped out her perfumes and beauty products into a tub of water. The case was turned over to tribal police. The Coulee Dam officer remained on scene while tribal police finished the investigation on the case. 10/7 - A female was reported as pulling a m...
Grand Coulee Police 9/27 - A vehicle backed directly into another vehicle that was parked at Safeway. 9/30 - At about 3:30 a.m. the hospital reported a woman had come into the emergency room stating she had a gunshot victim in their vehicle, but no one was in the vehicle and she drove off. Police spoke to her about an hour later and she said she was having a mental issue and there was no gunshot victim. - Police checked on the well-being of a child on Federal Avenue at the request of a parent. The child was fine. 9/27 - 10/4 - Reports were...
Budget Workshop Special Council Meeting Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 2026 Budget Workshops will be held at the Coulee Dam Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam Washington, October 8, October 22, November 5 and November 12, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. These are workshops only. No decisions will be made. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish Octobet 8, 2025) Town of Elmer City NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY that the Town of Elmer City will hold a public hearing at 5:45 pm on Thursday, October 16, 2025, for a budget amendmen... Full story
Coulee Dam Police 9/17 - A 911 hangup call on Civic Way turned out to be some kids playing basketball in the gym and someone accidentally made the call. There was no emergency. 9/21 - An officer went to Roosevelt Drive in Grand Coulee where three people were yelling in the street at about 1:30 a.m. The officer separated them and handed the case over to a Grand Coulee to finish investigating the situation once one arrived. 9/22 - Police went to the casino in Coulee Dam where a woman who was banned from the Omak casino location wasn’t supposed to...
The Raider football team played the closest thing they've had to a home game so far this season on Saturday in an exhibition game against ACH at the Warrior's Brickhouse Athletic Field in a version of football for which they had one day to prepare. Almira Coulee Hartline, a 1B team, plays 8-man ball; the 2B Raiders play 11-man, which may not sound too different. The game proved otherwise, leaving a 92-44 ACH imprint on the Raiders' backsides. The game replaced a canceled Soap Lake home game for...
City of Coulee Dam PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 833 – amending section 5.05.015 of the Coulee Dam Municipal Code. Ordinance 834 – amending the 2025 Budget of the Town of Coulee Dam. Full and complete copies of the above ordinances are available by contacting City Hall during normal business hours. Stefani Bowden, Clerk / Treasurer (Publish October 1, 2025) Okanogan County Fire District 2 NOTICE OF BUDGET MEETING Okanogan Co. Fire District 2 will hold its budget meeting at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 14t... Full story
James Pulley, 35, of Meridian, Idaho, gestures a heart as he crosses the finish line in Run the Dam's half-marathon race Saturday, taking fourth in his age group, 23rd overall, in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 11.4 seconds. Of the more than 440 who registered for the half marathon, 10k and 5k races, 407 actually participated, said organizer Kelly Buche. That's a record for the race, she said. Race results can be found on page 6. - Scott Hunter photo...
Grand Coulee Police 9/8 - Police were unable to locate a patient who had been admitted to the hospital by law enforcement under the Involuntary Treatment Act but had run from the facility. 9/9 - A Grand Coulee teenager went to Chelan County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of assault and malicious mischief after an argument related to a living situation and food in the fridge escalated to the point of him allegedly kicking a door and hitting his mother. 9/9-9/21 - Reports were filed without additional details related to: a traffic accident...
Several local businesses came together to arrange for weekend snacks and meals for certain local kids who might otherwise go hungrier over the weekend. A Second Harvest van rolled up to Lake Roosevelt Elementary School Thursday with about a month's worth of supplies for feeding 55 kids who can use a little extra help on the weekends. The delivery was the start of Second Harvest's Bite2Go program that partners up local donors with school staff who know which students would seem to benefit from...
Grand Coulee Police 8/29 - 9/5 - Reports filed without further details were related to: a stalled vehicle at the parking area just above the Grand Coulee Dam; vandalism/damaged property at Continental Heights; theft at the Spring Canyon Apartments; theft on Midway Avenue; suspicious or wanted on Dill Avenue; disorderly conduct on Section Place. 9/1 - Two people on Section Place agreed to separate for the evening after exchanging words. No threats were made and neither wanted the other to speak to them. 9/2 - A woman reported her daughter left...
Lake Roosevelt Raider sports seasons are underway, despite smoke problems that canceled some home and away outside games. Volleyball The LR girls opened their season Sept. 9 with a 3-0 win against Wilson Creek at home, then lost 3-0 to Wilbur-Creston-Keller the next night. Reardan won with the same result Sept. 11, as did Liberty Bell last night on their home court. The Raiders play Manson in Coulee Dam Thursday night at 6:30, then head to Wilson Creek Monday for a 6 p.m. game. Football After...
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...
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...