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The school levy was barely passing Tuesday night by a margin of just 1.38% of the 866 votes counted so far. The measure, which asked to replace the Grand Coulee Dam School District's current levies with one at half the combined rate of expiring levies, had slipped into the fail bracket by the slimmest of margins, two to five votes, in each of the four counties involved except Douglas, where it held a 23-vote favorable margin. Ballots could be postmarked by Tuesday, or inserted in a ballot drop...
Utility line crews in Okanogan County were still fixing outages from Monday's storm late Monday afternoon. In the immediate Grand Coulee Dam area, only a few flakes fluttered here and there, but a bit north it was a different story. Okanogan County reported at 10:38 a.m. Monday that electric utilities were experiencing small outages around the county, including Nespelem Valley Electric Cooperative. "It was the heavy, wet snow that was the culprit," NVEC General Manager Kevin Black said Tuesday as his linemen were finishing repairs near Bridgepo...
The Grand Coulee Dam area Scouts put out “Scouting for Food” bags with flyers in them this past weekend and hope to pick them up full on Saturday. They ask you to “please put nonperishable food or other donations out Saturday, November 12 by 9 a.m.” All donations will go to the local Care and Share Food Bank located at the Church of the Nazarene....
Michael Phillip Horne was born on November 7th, 1967 in Bellevue, WA. Mike left us all too soon on the morning of Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. Mike was a council member for the City of Grand Coulee, WA, as well as the owner of MPH Repair and MPH Hi Dam Bar & Grill. He worked hard and put his heart into every project he took on, whether it was his own creative idea or something to help someone else. He was always willing to jump in lending a hand to his community, friends and family. He was an...
Frank Edward Whitham, 81, of Grand Coulee, Washington passed into the arms of his Lord Jesus the evening of Friday, October 21, 2022. Frank was born Wednesday, December 11, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska to Frank O. and Gladys F. Whitham. Following graduation from Reseda High School in Reseda, California where he was a standout member of the Football and Pole Vault teams; Frank went on to work for the Aerospace Industry with Lockheed Martin as a welder and supervisor specializing in working with...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is continuing to collect winter gear donations through the month of November for local children in need. Items they are seeking include new or gently used snow pants, gloves, scarves and winter boots. All items will be donated to the Grand Coulee Dam School District K-12 and will be distributed to those students in need during the upcoming cold months. Please help our local youth stay warm and dry during these challenging times....
Alysias Wegner and Evan Brown of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Nickolis Orrin Brown, Sunday, November 6, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Evander Brown, Zayne Brown, Jaxon Desautel, Ayiah Desautel and Quinn Brown....
Christmas is on our minds! Trees of Sharing 2022 has launched it's program. Now through November 15 children's names may be submitted on “wish slips” and placed in decorated collection boxes at Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Medical Center or Harvest Foods. If you 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 take time to fill out Trees of Sharing slips for each of their children. (Note that school-age children must be enrolled in...
PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Town of Nespelem will hold the 2023 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing at Town Hall, 330 9th, Nespelem, WA 99155, November 9th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Copies of the 2022 preliminary budget are available at Town Hall during business hours. All interested person will be give the opportunity to provide written or oral comments. Town Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will be made upon receiving...
A federal funding problem that could have cost the Grand Coulee Dam School District millions in future years, and several just past, has apparently been averted, Nespelem School District Superintendent Effie Dean said Monday. Federal authorities reviewing a practice the two districts have used for decades to share federal Impact Aid took exception to it last spring. The two districts, since 1995, have operated under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that some of the money from the federal Impact Aid program coming into Nespelem would be...
Grand Coulee city council member and business owner Mike Horne died unexpectedly on Oct. 26 at the age of 54. Horne had served on the Grand Coulee city council since November of 2016, and lived and worked in the city, owning both MPH Auto and the Hi Dam tavern. "The City was saddened to learn of the passing of Mike Horne," a Nov. 1 statement from the city reads. "Mike served on the Grand Coulee City Council from November 2016 to present. We greatly appreciate Mike's years of service to the...
Local voters will decide if the Grand Coulee Dam School District will receive levy funding supported by property taxes in the election that wraps up on Nov. 8. The levy resolution approved by the school board seeks only $2 per $1,000 of assessed property value from 2023 through 2025, compared to the current rate of $4.20. The levy collection rate for the GCDSD has fluctuated in the past 10 years, with a $100,000 home paying $437 to the district from 2012 through 2015, $395 from 2016-2018, $320...
Grand Coulee Police 10/26 - A woman reported a man walking outside the senior center with his hands in his pants and exposing himself at one point. Police found the man nearby. He said he was confused about why police were talking to him, asking if someone had complained about him smoking cigarettes. The man was adamant that he didn’t have his hand in his pants. There wasn’t enough evidence to charge him with indecent exposure. 10/27 - A woman on Williams Avenue reported hearing a loud boom noise and seeing bright flashes. Police arrived and...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is continuing to collect winter gear donations through the month of November for local children in need. Items they are seeking include new or gently used snow pants, gloves, scarves and winter boots. All items will be donated to the Grand Coulee Dam School District K-12 and will be distributed to those students in need during the upcoming cold months. Please help our local youth stay warm and dry during these challenging times....
Town of Nespelem NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Town of Nespelem will hold the 2023 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing at Town Hall, 330 9th, Nespelem, WA 99155, November 9th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Copies of the 2022 preliminary budget are available at Town Hall during business hours. All interested person will be give the opportunity to provide written or oral comments. Town Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will...
Christmas is on our minds! Trees of Sharing 2022 is launching this week so we’ll be ready to give a hand up to families by providing a Christmas gift for their children. Since the early 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 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 take time to fill out Trees of Sharing slips for each of th...
The Bonneville Power Administration is in negotiations to take over three switchyards in the Grand Coulee area. “The Bonneville Power Administration and the Bureau of Reclamation are negotiating the transfer of ownership, operations and maintenance of three Grand Coulee switchyards and the associated switch gear from Reclamation to BPA,” reads a joint statement from the two agencies in response to a Star inquiry. “The agencies have drafted multiple Memoranda of Understanding that will facilitate the transfer,” the statement continues. “It is im...
Retail chain Dollar General is looking to build a store in Grand Coulee. During Grand Coulee’s Oct. 18 council meeting, a man named Darryl Hackworth spoke during the public comment period, and said he has been working with Dollar General for the past few months, and said they are interested in acquiring city property on Federal Way behind where it intersects with Midway Avenue. “I think it would be a good move for the city,” he said, adding that he works for the Bonneville Power Administration, which plans on doing work locally that could...
by Jacob Wagner School is an institution built around educating students, and now the local school district has student representatives. The Grand Coulee Dam School District approved the appointment of two student representatives from the student body during their Oct. 24 school board meeting. Juniors Layla Flett and Celeste LaPlace will fill those positions. LaPlace, the daughter of the Board Chairman George LaPlace, had made a presentation to the board back in January about having student representatives. “A lot of my friends think no one car...
The Reverend Maurice Francis Peterson, a senior priest of the Diocese of Yakima, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Pacifica Senior Care in Ellensburg, a few days after suffering a seizure. He was 68 and had been diagnosed with frontal lobal dementia about two years ago. The family is grateful to Pacifica for the compassionate care he received, especially by Ahna Soli and Jamie Harper, Fr. Maurie's nurse, as well as for the care of his friends, especially Anne Devney, Mark Farrell and Patti...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting winter gear donations through the month of October for local children in need. Items they are seeking include new or gently used snow pants, gloves, scarves and winter boots. All items will be donated to the Grand Coulee Dam School District K-12 and will be distributed to those students in need during the upcoming cold months. Please help our local youth stay warm and dry during these challenging times....
Grand Coulee Police 10/17 - Police explained to a man at a Main Street tavern the process of getting a restraining order after another man had stared at him strangely. 10/19 - Police responded to the gas station at Four Corners, where a man had been in the bathroom for over an hour, unresponsive to the knocks of other customers and an employee. The man didn’t respond to a police knocking either. An employee unloxacked the door and police opened the door to see a man washing his hands. He was told to leave the store and did so without i...
Notice of Change of Regular Meeting date for Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, & Okanogan Counties, Washington Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan Counties, Washington; which operates Coulee Medical Center and Coulee City Medical Clinic, will be changing the regular Board meeting date for the month of October. The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, November 1st at 6:00pm in the Medical Arts Building Conference room, virtual options available. (Publish October 26, 2022) Request for...
The Electric City Council took a formal stance last week against the idea of consolidating their city with Grand Coulee. Mayor Diane Kohout told the council that because of a renewed interest in the topic of consolidation, and multiple residents asking about it, she would like the council to say whether they support the idea. Councilmember Cheryl Hoffman, formerly a member of a committee for consolidation, said that although she likes the idea of consolidation in theory, in practice it is not so practical. Councilmember Brian Buche said of all...
The Regional Board of Mayors is continuing to look into forming a cemetery district. At their Oct. 5 meeting, the RBOM discussed different factors they’ll need to look into regarding trying to form a cemetery district that would take over management of the Spring Canyon Cemetery, currently managed by the local Lions club. Complications include that the cemetery is located in Lincoln County, but none of the four cities of Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam and Elmer City are in that county. Also, the RBOM was formed primarily to take c...