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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Northwest Native Development Fund REQUEST FOR BID Northwest Native Development Fund-NNDF, 504 Fir St., Coulee Dam, WA. 88116, (509) 633 9940 is requesting bids for the following work at a residence located at 45625 FDR Estates Road., Grand Coulee, WA. Item 1. – Remove approximately 3,400SF-(34 squares) of existing composite roofing-shingles, underlayment-roof paper, and existing trusses from the area as per design/engineered drawings provided by owner-NNDF. Contractor shall provide the equipment including dumpster-debris retainer for the r... Full story
GRAND COULEE, Wash. – The Bureau of Reclamation is prohibiting fireworks on North Dam for the Independence Day holiday. Reclamation is taking precautionary measures to decrease the potential for wildland fire and is reminding the public that use of fireworks is prohibited on Reclamation lands and waterbodies. Reclamation will allow the permitted fireworks display at Grand Coulee Dam to occur for the festivities. There is a low risk of fireworks reaching the surrounding lands from the top of the dam, so the show can proceed. The fireworks s... Full story
Cell phones and how to handle them are a point of major discussion among school superintendents in Okanogan County, Rod Broadnax, superintendent at Grand Coulee Dam School District, told the school board June 10. “That has been a big, big topic,” he said. The local school board already banned cell phone use during school two years ago, but enforcement has been slipping later in the year. English teacher Steve Files presented his research on some options to address the situation. Files said he’s been following the issue for years. “At least i...
Despite threatening skies that occasionally burst into rain, lightning and wind gusts to topple a shade canopy, around 150 kids and their family members came out for Koulee Kids Fest, the car show, or both last weekend. For Kids Fest, families visit participating local storefront businesses, where kids do free activities and get their event "passports" stamped, to be entered in a drawing. Based on numbers from the chamber of commerce, most families chose to focus on businesses in central Grand...
Two stories in The Star this week revolve around a problem central to not only the Grand Coulee Dam area, but to the nation as a whole: housing shortages. More than any other problem, a lack of good housing is the biggest impediment the local area faces to economic development. Two proposals — Coulee Medical Center’s tiny homes project and the Center Senior Living initiative — would address different aspects of this similar problem. All the largest employers in the area deal with a lack of housing when recruiting workers to come here. The B...
Coulee Dam Police 6/10 - Police received a call from the school where they were trying to unlock a car. An officer told them they didn’t have lockout equipment and they may have to call a company to unlock it for them if they couldn’t do it themselves. 6/11 - The owners of two dogs running at large in the Hillcrest Avenue area of Electric City were able to get the dogs back in the yard before police searched the area. Police warned the owners to be more careful to keep the dogs contained. One of the dogs was described as seemingly agg...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY CALL FOR BIDS FOR Conference Room/Office Chairs The City of Electric City will sell by sealed bid the following: 10 Conference room/office chairs (quantity 10) The items are being sold AS IS and is available for viewing. Please call City Hall at (509) 633-1510 to make an appointment during normal operating hours (Monday-Friday, 8:00am– 5:00pm). Bids must be submitted on the City supplied bid form which may be obtained at Electric City City Hall or online at www.electriccity.us/bid-process-and-bid-awards. Sealed bids m... Full story
A member of the Grand Coulee Dam school board has resigned in the wake of a contentious stand the board took last week to not allow four graduates to "walk" at graduation. Deidre Ellsworth explained her decision to step down in a letter to "students offended by my action after the board meeting," which she asked The Star to publish. It's on page 2. The affected students allegedly had arranged to buy alcohol on the senior trip to Disneyland. The board backed the decision of the administration to...
The departure of a local volunteer board member this week (see her letter on this page) underscores for us an emerging trend that is the direct result of the onslaught of social media’s encouragement of extremes online that affect our real world for the worse. Social media’s expert finesse at manipulating humans’ innate physiological reactions to emotional stimuli was a subject of one part of the meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Monday exploring ways to control student cell phone usage. Social media sites...
Theresa Ann "Terry" Alling, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Terry was born in Coulee Dam, Washington to Fern and Jim Gorman. Terry Graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1971, where she was a cheerleader and also on the National Honor Society. She married Steve Alling on June 5, 1971 and started a family. She went back to school in 1978 to become a dental assistant. She enjoyed her career until retirement in 2015. Over the course of many years, she lived in Grand Coulee,...
Coulee Dam Police 6/3 - An Electric City woman broke a man’s windshield with a shovel because she was mad at him. The woman admitted to hitting the windshield and told police she wanted him off of her property. The man chose not to press charges. 6/4 - The town of Coulee Dam received a fake $100 bill for a utility payment. The bill was marked as for “motion picture purposes.” The person who used the bill said he had received the bill from someone for lawn mowing services. He contacted police on a later date and explained his girlfriend had r...
Confetti falls as the graduating class of 2024 is introduced by Principal Natalie Kontos Saturday in the gym at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School. - Ethan Tatum photo...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY CALL FOR BIDS FOR 1965 Utility Trailer The City of Electric City will sell by sealed bid the following: 1) 1965 Utility Trailer, minimum bid $500. The vehicle is being sold AS IS and is available for viewing. Please call City Hall at (509) 633-1510 to make an appointment during normal operating hours (Monday-Friday, 8:00am– 5:00pm). Bids must be submitted on the City supplied bid form which may be obtained at Electric City City Hall or online at www.electriccity.us/bid-process-and-bid-awards. Sealed bids must be r...
June 7 is the official first First Friday of 2024. This year, the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber’s serial summertime pop-up market will be back at North Dam Park instead of Main Street. The evening market will run from 4 to 9 p.m. on June 7, August 2, and September 6. Vendors will include local businesses, art, leather and jewelry vendors, food trucks, plus a free craft table hosted by the local library, and other activities for kids. For entertainment, Kolton Carson, a Lake Roosevelt 10th grader, will be playing acoustic guitar and singing f...
It’s not always clear who is going to learn what or when as consequences come down after rules are broken. But one possibility this week is that the community is learning to draw a meaningful line. Four students, by all accounts good ones, will suffer the consequences of breaking rules against alcohol at school functions and contrary to their own pledges: They won’t be allowed to walk at graduation this Saturday. Following two executive sessions, appeals from each of the four, and more appeals from some 30 or so of their supporters Tuesday nig...
Coulee Dam Police 5/27 - Police received a report of someone in the area of 6th Street and Cedar Street who wanted help going to rehab. Police tried calling the number of the person twice but the call went to voicemail. Police also searched the area for the person but didn’t find them. - Relatives of a deceased tenant cut the locks to storage units at the Columbia River Inn to retrieve some of his belongings but didn’t take all of the belongings. The motel didn’t want to press charges nor know the names of the relatives but wanted the incid...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award the 2024 $500.00 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery. The young lady selected is Raeley Portch. We would like to congratulate this young lady for her achievements and send her best wishes for success with her educational, professional and personal goals. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is an organization dedicated to helping young women further their education. We pride ourselves as being women helping women reach for the stars. This scholarship may be used toward expenses at any...
The Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association awarded scholarships in the amount of $500 to each of the following members of the Lake Roosevelt Jr-Sr High School Class of 2024: Raeley Portch, Sawyer Steffens, and Chase Marchand. Each of these students’ applications presented a high level of engagement in high school life, including success in academics, athletics, and community service, as well as focused goals going forward after high school. Two students from out of the area who are descendants of graduates of Grand Coulee High School prior...
Public Notice Town of Coulee Dam To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Annual Drinking Water Report for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 is now available. A copy of the report can be accessed at www.townofcouleedam.org or by contacting Coulee Dam Town Hall at 509-633-0320. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish June 5, 2024) 2024 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal... Full story
The Banks Lake Pumped Storage Project has lingered since Columbia Basin Hydropower first brought it to the attention of local leaders in 2016. Lately the project, planned to generate 500 to 1,000 megawatts of hydropower by moving water in an underground tunnel between Banks Lake and Lake Roosevelt, has drawn attention from a new potential investor and developer. But questions remain, hurdles are high, and clear steps forward are a ways off for the proposed project that would involve...
Faced with a housing shortage that threatens their efforts to find and keep rural health workers, Coulee Medical Center wants to develop a tiny-home community for their medical staff. If all the pieces fall into place, the designated "critical access" hospital serving four counties and the Colville Reservation could begin purchasing 30 tiny homes this October to place on their property across SR-174. The cluster of tiny 357-square-foot homes would be developed between the grain silos and the...
Coulee Dam Police 5/19 - A car was reported as speeding in the area of Stevens Avenue in Coulee Dam before heading towards Grand Coulee. Police weren’t in a position to try and intercept the vehicle. - Tribal Police requested a Coulee Dam officer stand by at an Elmer City residence while they arrested a female on a domestic violence charge. 5/21 - An Electric City boy was taken to the juvenile detention center in Chelan County following an altercation with his mother that included him having her in a chokehold. - A suspicious person appeared t...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT Determination of NonSignificance Proposal Name: Electric City Shoreline Waterfront Trail Lead agency: City of Electric City Description of proposal: This City initiated project constructs about 2,153 feet of 8-10 ft wide multi use trail adjacent to Highway 155 between Electric City and Grand Coulee. Additional work includes removal of existing guardrail, installation of retaining wall with pedestrian safety fence and drainage facilities to accommodate path. Location of proposal: The proposed... Full story
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 Oct. 31. Tour times...
Electric City's first-ever city-owned park may open this year on a parcel of city land behind the fire barn, capping off years of planning and discussions going back nearly a decade. The city council May 14 voted to approve the park committee's proposed plan, scaled back from some of the original proposals. The fenced, rectangular park will include a covered picnic shelter with tables and charcoal BBQ, a vault toilet, a walking path around the perimeter, irrigated lawn, a water fountain and...
