News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Nespelem All Indian Basketball Tournament was held February 15-16, 2014. This year we had 37 Teams competing in (4) brackets: Young Men, Women, 35 and over, and 50 and over bracket. This year was the largest All Indian Basketball Tournament in the Nespelem and Grand Coulee Dam area. The following represents how the teams placed, the tournament all stars, MVP’s, Mr./Ms. Hustle’s, Most Points in (1) game, Most (3) in one game, tournament sponsors, and recognition of assistance. A big thank you goes to our Tournament Sponsors and the Tou... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/10 - A woman’s car slid off the road on SR-174 near the Crown Point exit. Jack’s towing removed the car and there were no injuries. 2/11 - A man who owns a home on 3rd Street NE in Electric City told police that a neighbor informed him that someone had driven up close to his garage. Since the man was away at the time, he asked police to look into the matter. Two boats the man had in his garage hadn’t been touched. 2/12 - A car that had been parked for a long time on Alcan Road and that had considerable damage was towed... Full story
Resolution 2013-948.tg...'tabled'). To the Colville Tribal Council: "LEAVE IT TABLED!" Stop wasting tribal $$$, stop lyin' to our peoples (broke, broke, broke) and give some to our children, our future. Stop this council personal agenda, buddy buddy BS. This resolution projects the "approval of $5,000 to Joseph A. Pakootas ... running for Washington State 5th District Congressional Representative." What a joke! Up front, first and foremost, there probably are a few peeps on our rez [wondering] "who is Joe Pakootas?" On the flip side of this... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/27 - A man reported a suspicious car parked in the “train wreck” area on Kruk Road and that there was no one around it. He said when he went by the area again, the car was gone. The car was traced to a resident on Sunset Drive. - An officer went to a residence on Electric Boulevard on a domestic call and a man told him that his wife came home drunk and he wanted her out of the house. The officer told the man he couldn’t do this without a court order. There was no evidence of violence. 12/28 - Police got a report that... Full story
Ten Years Ago Fire almost completely destroyed the home of Marvin and Shirley Palanuk Monday afternoon. Besides the fire, firefighters had to battle sub-zero temperatures but were able to save the garage. The Palanuks lost almost everything including numerous antiques and family heirlooms. Twenty-eight firefighters and eight firetrucks were needed to put out the blaze. The familiar sound of change clanging will disappear from the Coulee Dam Casino this week as they upgrade their slot machines to paper dispensing machines The first baby of the... Full story
Grand Coulee 11/28 - An out-of-the-area person reported that he had stopped at a local store and used his credit card and that a few days later he was advised by his credit card company that his card had been used in California to purchase items. He said the only place he used the card was in Grand Coulee. 12/2 - An Orondo driver was stopped for going 49 mph in a 35 mph zone and was ticketed for 45 mph and for not having insurance. - USBR Plant Protection told police that a vehicle had gone past guard station 1 without stopping. Police found th... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 11/11 - A Continental Heights man was taken to jail on a charge of domestic violence and violating a no-contact order. The report stated that the man shoved out of the door and spat on a woman with whom he had been in a relationship. Then he went to Safeway where he attempted to pull her hair, the report stated. - A Burdin Boulevard man was in possession of a $2,000 air purification device taken from near the Moose Lodge. The report was forwarded to the Grant County prosecutor for charging. - A man was stopped after he... Full story
Grand Coulee 10/8 - Police were called to the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School after a bomb threat note was found in a student’s book. The writing on the note matched the student’s handwriting. The student wouldn’t admit that he wrote the note. Officials at the school suspended the student for five days. 10/9 - USBR Plant Protection advised police that an employee drove recklessly as he approached the Station 3 guard shack. The guard reported the incident to his supervisor who called police. An officer met with the employee who denied the repor... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/30 - A Keller woman was pulled over for not using her directional signals while turning and the officer found that her driver’s license and registration had expired. She was cited on both counts. - USBR Plant Protection advised police that a delivery truck had set an oil can next to the gate shack. The officer found a quart can of oil with a delivery slip under it. A Plant Protection officer said to leave the can where it was found. 10/1 - A Coulee Dam woman was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and she told the o...
It saddens me that I may perhaps have to step down, step back from my political views, advocacy for our tribal peoples. My son TJ was working at the Manson casino as a dealer and has been gone for personal reasons. When he left, he was assured he would be most welcome back and that a position “would be there for him.” Now they make excuses they cannot put him back on. He was quite successful as a dealer for the casino and was quickly offered a supervisory position. NOW, they refuse to take him back ... POLITICAL BS! I have offered up — for h... Full story
It was storm story time in the coulee area Sunday night as the region was hit by a severe wind, thunder and lightning storm. Power was out for some, trees were down, traffic in some areas was stalled or rerouted, and tree limbs and debris were everywhere. The wind tore shingles from roofs, with the most serious being the Coulee Dam Casino, where the wind curled the metal part of the roof like a sardine can, covering the casino’s rooftop sign. Traffic on SR 155 near Pole Park was stopped b...
Grand Coulee Police 8/13 - An Electric City woman reported that a young man was at her house asking her to sell him her pain pills. She said she didn’t have pain pills but thought the police should know about the incident. - Officers responded to an Electric City residence concerning a potentially suicidal person. An ambulance went to the location but the person refused attention. It was reported that the subject had drunk a fifth of whiskey and taken some Hydrocodone. - An Everett party ran a boat under the bridge into a restricted area and ca...
The Colville Tribes has announced plans to construct a casino on property purchased four years ago along SR-97, south of the Rodeo Trail Road near Omak. The Tribes wanted to start the project earlier but when workers dug on the site back in 2009, they found human bones, and it derailed the project until now. Joe Pakootas, executive director of the Colville Tribal Federal Corporation made the announcement last week. It’s the second major project announced by the Tribes this past year. Earlier officials announced plans to build a new $40 m... Full story
Two western Washington men were arrested June 18, charged with cutting up and stealing copper cables at Grand Coulee Dam. The two, Victor W. Ford, 43, of Lake Stevens, and Michael R. Bruce, 47, of Everett, were observed by Bureau of Reclamation plant protection cameras and later arrested by Grand Coulee police at 2 p.m. between the top of the dam and the pullout viewing area at Riley Point. A large copper cable had been cut and dragged up to the sidewalk in plain view of people pulling over at Riley Point to view the dam. When confronted, Ford... Full story
Everyone likes a good old fashioned Fourth of July celebration. You can enjoy one next week, the “Festival of America” a three-day affair, right here in the Grand Coulee Dam area. The celebration kicks off on Thursday, July 4, with music in the park below the Visitor Center. There’s lots to do. A number of craft booths will be on hand and several food booths will fix a summer-time lunch or dinner for you. All the particulars are in a special “Festival of America” celebration secrtion inside th... Full story
New activities will add to this year’s upcoming Festival of America, which will stretch over three days this year for the traditional July 4 celebration in the lower Visitor Center park below Grand Coulee Dam. Chamber of commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said a number of family-friendly, carnival-like games have been included this year on Saturday, July 6. Games include such events as a pie-eating contest, a ring toss, a dunk tank and a photo booth, among other activities. A fire truck will be on hand for kids to explore, Nevsimal stated. T... Full story
The USBR does not like the livability of the area. Too bad Power Manager Mark Jenson wasn’t here before the Third Powerplant. Coulee Dam was a lot nicer town. Lost: a very nice restaurant, Green Hut Café, hotel, motel, gas station, dentist office, movie theater, a lot of houses, bowling alley (a very nice swimming beach, yacht club, camping area, boat dock, all behind the dam). Now this area is mainly used for security and cops to drive and set for long periods of time. Maybe they like to a look at the damaged hillside were the USBR made an ey... Full story
Shirley Ann Nolan, 85, passed away Thursday evening, May 16, 2013, in Grand Coulee, Washington just one day prior to her 86th birthday. Shirley was born May 17, 1927, in Seattle, Washington, the only child of Allen and Leah Spratlin. Following graduation from high school, 17-year-young Shirley Spratlin married handsome US Navy, Electrician’s Mate, Elmer “Al” Nolan in Grand Coulee Methodist Church on July 3, 1944. A well-known and loved waitress at Grand Coulee’s “Green Hut Restaurant”, Shirley was always proud of her 25+ years serving “he... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/12 - Police went to Coulee Medical Center where a man who had been brought there by Tribal Police on a drug-related issue refused help and signed himself out of the hospital. The man lingered in the waiting area and refused to leave until the officer told him that since he had signed himself out he was trespassing. He left. - A man told police that someone had attempted to enter his pickup by prying the door. He said a similar issue occurred earlier in the month. - A man was stopped on Midway Avenue for having a defective... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/1 - An officer checked on a stalled vehicle on SR-155, and found that a man’s vehicle had overheated and he was waiting for it to cool down before moving it. 4/2 - A bartender at Wolf’s Den Bar told police that two men had entered a restroom and written racially offensive words above the toilet and tipped over a shelf. One of the men was big, bald, and had a lot of tattoos on his arms and legs. Police, after looking over the city, could not find the suspects, the report stated. - A woman being treated at Coulee Med... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/19 - An Electric City man known to have a suspended license was stopped and later cited for not having an interlock system on his vehicle. A licensed driver arrived to take charge of the vehicle and the original driver got a court date. - Police checked on a report of a verbal domestic dispute on Burdin Boulevard and found that a mother and son were arguing about school work and the son threw his laptop. They were advised to keep the noise down. 3/20 - A temporary protection order was served on a woman living in an... Full story
In what they say is the first such offering in the state of Washington, the Colville Casinos will soon offer gaming apps and a website that makes a range of free gaming readily available to casino customers even after they’ve left the building. Bally Technologies on Tuesday announced its deal with Colville Tribal Federal Corporation to provide its iGaming and mobile solution to the Colville’s three casinos. The Coulee Dam, Manson and Okanogan Bingo casinos will be able to offer online pla...
Grand Coulee Police 3/4 - A woman on West Cardinal Road told police that someone is entering her house and taking items and exchanging others in their place. She said it has happened with her washing machine, vacuum cleaner and a host of items. She stated that someone had taken the long screws out of her door and replaced them with short ones to make access easier. The officer explained that her residence was in the county and that someone from the sheriff’s office in Grant County would investigate. - A person reported cattle on Kruk Road. P... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/12 - An official with the Head Start program at Center School told police that someone had taken the lock off a storage shed where games and toys are stored. Nothing was taken, the report stated. It was thought that the entry was at the same time as a number of metal items was taken from a fenced-in area near the kitchen. - USBR Plant Protection asked police to check on a vehicle on Bureau of Reclamation property near the fish pens in Electric City. Police checked on the vehicle but couldn’t connect with the owner. - A 1... Full story