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Willa J. Rollins-Evers, 70, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Master of Any Task she chose to put her mind to, passed away Sunday evening, January 29, 2023; her husband – Chuck by her side. Born Friday, August 8, 1952 in Ephrata, Washington to Glenn & Audrey Bell-Grubbs Sr., Willa grew to be very protective of her little brother – Glenn Grubbs Jr., having once beat up a boy who had bullied Glenn Jr. She graduated high school in Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1970, and went on to earn her... Full story
John C. Francis (72) "Florist, Master Gardener, Artist, Poet, Loved by many, a Soon Friend to all whom he met, leaving all a bit richer for having known him;" passed away Wednesday morning December 28, 2022 in Nespelem, Washington. Born June 22nd, 1950 in Rossland, BC, Canada to Alex & Mary "Jean" Moore-Francis; John attended school in Northport, Washington where his second grade teacher – Mrs. Roe first recognized and encouraged John's artistic ability. Later, along with being on the high s...
Here’s a look at the most popular stories in The Star over the last year. January Stolen car found abandoned at Keller Ferry after chase A stolen Cadillac that police stopped following because of a new state law was found at the Keller Ferry Marina the next day anyway. Washington State House Bill 1054 took effect in 2021 and limits, among other things, the circumstances in which an officer can pursue a vehicle in a chase, including circumstances related to probable cause, weather conditions, the safety of others, and more. A local officer h...
Sometimes, if it’s not one thing, it’s another when you’re dealing a federal agency that gives you money. Or takes it back. Nespelem’s school board learned Monday that some of their Impact Aid money was being clawed back. Impact Aid is a federal grant program for local educational agencies that have lost local property tax revenue due to the presence of non-taxable federal land. Superintendent Effie Dean explained that the Impact Aid agency had found the school district’s 2019-2020 school year application for Impact Aid faulty, for two years...
Faith J Friedlander, 49, of Coulee Dam, Washington, left us all much too soon the morning of Thursday, November 24, 2022. Faith - Loving Mother and Grandmother was born Thursday, July 26, 1973 in Omak, Washington to Edward "Ed" G. Friedlander and Cathleen "Cathy" J. Fulgham. Faith attended "Nespelem Grade School" in Nespelem, Washington, "Paschal-Sherman Indian School" in Omak, Washington where she was the only female member of the School's Football Team and finally "Lake Roosevelt High School"...
6 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed local government agencies in Washington State (local governments) in Eastern Washington (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties), including - but not limited to - cities (Title 35 RCW and...
School board members Monday night accepted new “tuition agreements” between districts that have already been doing for decades what the new contracts will make legal, in the eyes of federal regulators. Grand Coulee Dam School District directors voted to OK the so-called “tuition” pacts with Nespelem and Keller school districts, whose students eventually attend junior high and high school in Coulee Dam, bringing with them federal “Impact Aid” funds to help pay for it. Because those schools get paid at a higher rate than the Coulee Dam distric...
Robert L. "Bob" Tonasket, 82, Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Brother, Veteran and Respected Elder of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville passed away at his Keller, Washington home, the morning of Monday, November 7, 2022. Bob entered this world Saturday, October 5, 1940 to Joseph Sr. & Mary Covington-Tonasket in Nespelem, Washington. In 1958, he graduated from High School in Curlew. Washington, where Bob was a member of the Basketball, Baseball and Track teams. From October 16,...
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...
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...
A tragedy that unfolded in Keller Thursday quickly spread to Nespelem as police searched through the night for suspects in the killing of two people and the shooting of a police officer in Keller. As police from agencies far and near answered a call not heard by residents listening to scanners for clues about what was happening, Colville Tribal Emergency Services posted a warning on Facebook about 7 p.m. asking Nespelem residents to stay in their homes. The mayor also issued that plea and added...
Joseph Anthony "JR" Tonasket Jr., 83, Member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, passed away quietly, his wife Marie by his side, Saturday morning October 15, 2022 in Brewster, Washington. Born Friday, August 25, 1939 in Nespelem to Joseph A. Sr. and Mary Covington-Tonasket, Jr. graduated from High School in Curlew, WA where he was a member of the Curlew Cougars track and boxing teams. Always active, to say that JR loved sports would be an understatement! He ran in multiple marathons...
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...
Grand Coulee Police 10/4 - Police provided helpful advice to a Grand Coulee woman in retrieving her truck from her ex-boyfriend in Omak. - A vehicle reportedly “clipped” a deer at SR-174 and Spokane Way. Police didn’t see any evidence of a collision and were unable to reach the registered owner of the vehicle that reportedly hit the deer, nor of the reporting party. Police were unable to determine if an accident had actually occurred. - About $500 worth of damage was done to a rear fender and taillight of a car parked at Safeway in a hit and r...
Budget Workshop Special Council Meeting Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Budget Workshops will be held at the Coulee Dam Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam Washington, October 26, November 2 and November 16, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. Stefani Bowden Clerk/Treasurer (Publish October 19, 2022) ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WEST COULEE DAM LIFT STATION General Notice Town of Coulee Dam (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the West Coulee Dam Lift Station Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received...
The wildfire smoke in the air, which may come from this or that fire depending on which way the wind is blowing, is unpleasant and unhealthy to breathe, and has an effect on local events. Grand Coulee Dam School District leaders discussed air quality at their board meeting on Sept. 12 when Superintendent Paul Turner discussed www.purpleair.com, showing how sensors installed at volunteer locations measure air quality. Local sensors on the network include one south of Osborn Bay, one near Spring Canyon, one in downtown Grand Coulee, another in ea...
A grand opening of a new Nespelem Softball/Baseball Field will be held Friday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. “Fun events are planned, and additional details about the celebration will be shared in the near future,” a press release from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation reads. “The field is Little League and standard high school softball size,” the release continues. “It is multi-purpose and can be used for sports such as soccer or flag football. It features synthetic turf and a large scoreboard. The turf will allow for minimal m...
Some 820 students have enrolled in local schools for the 2022-23 school year, including Lake Roosevelt Schools and Nespelem Elementary School. There are 689 students at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The junior/senior high side of the school has 352 students enrolled, according to a report submitted by Principal Natalie Kontos included in the Grand Coulee Dam School School District’s Aug. 22 board meeting packet. Those 352 students include 47 in seventh grade; 55 in eighth; 66 freshmen; 74 sophomores; 65 juniors; and 45 seniors. Those numbers do n...
Keith Orrin Jim was born December 14, 1988 and passed away August 2, 2022. He is one who passed away at a young life but lived it to his fullest. His parents are Verna Saulque, stepdad, Arnold St. Pierre and his dad, Charles Jim (deceased). Keith is an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. He attended Nespelem Elementary School, Junior High School at Grand Coulee, then on to Lake Roosevelt graduating in 2007. Keith competed in football, basketball, track and wrestling. He met... Full story
Cho.cho.walqx - Darlene M. Wilder, 76, Honored Elder of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, Devoted Wife, Loving Mother & Grandmother and Caring Educator, left us all much too soon on Thursday, July 7, 2022, from Spokane, Washington. Darlene was born on Wednesday, June 19, 1946, in Nespelem, Washington to Harvey and Ellen Moses. In 1964, Darlene was chosen as Miss Colville Confederated Tribes and went on to be voted 2nd runner-up for Miss Indian America. She graduated from Coulee Dam, Washi... Full story
Notice of Primary Election Okanogan County, State of Wash. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 A Primary Election will be held in the below mentioned districts for the purpose of submitting to the voters for their approval or rejection the following. United States Senator, United States Representative 4th District, Secretary of State, State Senator 7th Legislative District, State Representative District 7 Position 1, State Representative District 7 Position 2, County Assessor, County Auditor, County Clerk, County Commissioner District 3, County Coroner, Coun... Full story
City of Electric City SEEKING LETTERS OF INTEREST The City of Electric City is seeking letters of interest from individuals willing to serve on the City Park Advisory Committee. The advisory committee will review, assess and make recommendations to the City Council regarding the development of a city Park. You must be a resident of the city to apply for this position. Please submit letters of interest to the attention of Peggy Nevsimal, City Clerk/Treasurer, PO Box 130, Electric City, WA 99123 by July 15, 2022. (Publish July 6 & 13, 2022) WAC...
Children on the Colville Indian Reservation have been dispersing "seed bombs" in areas affected by wildfires in recent years to help restore native species to the areas. The "Healing the Earth" program is conducted by the Washington State University Colville Reservation Extension 4-H program, which partners and collaborates with the Colville Confederated Tribes and Bureau of Indian Affairs natural resource programs, including Environmental Trust, Range, Fish & Wildlife, and Mt. Tolman Fire...
GCD School District No. 301J Budget Hearing Notice Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School District No. 301J will hold a public budget hearing to review the 2022-2023 budget at 5:00 p.m. June 27, 2022. Regular board meeting to follow. This meeting will be available via ZOOM. B. Paul Turner Superintendent Grand Coulee Dam School District No. 301J (Publish June 15 and 22, 2022) Nespelem School District #014 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received by Nespelem School District #014 for the Nespelem Elementary School Site...
GCD School District No. 301J Budget Hearing Notice Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School District No. 301J will hold a public budget hearing to review the 2022-2023 budget at 5:00 p.m. June 27, 2022. Regular board meeting to follow. This meeting will be available via ZOOM. B. Paul Turner Superintendent Grand Coulee Dam School District No. 301J (Publish June 15 and 22, 2022) Public Notice Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUATION To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Town Council of the...
