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Shoshanna Palmanteer, Coulee Medical Center's rural health clinic director, hands a child prize money for winning a dance competition at the medical center's third annual Gathering of Wellness Powwow Friday. The hospital has been working with Colville Tribes health officials to address area health needs. The powwow, Palmanteer's idea, has been a part of that effort. - Scott Hunter photo...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING SERVICES FOR THE CITIES OF COULEE DAM, ELECTRIC CITY, GRAND COULEE AND THE TOWN OF ELMER CITY Introduction and Instructions The Regional Board of Mayors (R.B.O.M.) on behalf of the four municipalities intends to award a contract for municipal solid waste collection, disposal and recycling services. The R.B.O.M. is requesting proposals for the collection, removal and disposal of municipal solid waste for residential and commercial services and to divert suitable... Full story
An assembly held at Lake Roosevelt in May included stories of how drugs and alcohol can affect someone, as well as rap music, and the students reacted strongly to it all. A survey of the students following the survey has helped enlighten staff to issues the student body is facing, and has propelled them toward helping deal with these issues. At the assembly in May, James Pakootas spoke about the dark path of drugs and alcohol he went down, how it negatively affected him, how he got into it, and...
David Thomas "Scotty" Scallan died on Sunday, September 2, 2018, at the age of 87. He was a resident at the Colville Tribal Convalescent Center, Nespelem, Washington, and was born on February 14, 1931, in Great Falls, Montana, to the late Thomas Francis Joseph Scallan and Margaret Hood (Mills) Scallan. The family moved to Coulee Dam, Washington, in 1941, where his father gained employment as a machinist at Grand Coulee Dam. Prior to graduating from Mason City High School with the Class of 1949,... Full story
The body of a Colville tribal member who went missing late last month was recovered from the waters of Soap Lake on Friday evening, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday morning. Kayakers found the body of Michael Edwin Clark, 60, and notified authorities. Deputies recovered the body and Coroner Craig Morrison’s staff confirmed the body’s identity, a Sept. 2 release for GCSO said. An autopsy conducted Saturday was inconclusive due to the condition of the remains, but no obvious signs of trauma were found. Clark’s remains have be...
Grand Coulee Police 8/28 - Coulee Medical Center requested police assistance with a combative patient being brought in by Colville Tribal Corrections. The patient was cooperative upon arrival in an ambulance, and police assistance was not needed. - Grand Coulee Avenue dogs had food and water when an officer checked on them at a neighbor’s request. No barking was heard by the officer, as had been reported by the neighbor. - A purse found at Coulee Creamery was returned to its owner. - Checking on a report of a burglary on Cardinal Road, p...
The body of a Colville tribal member who went missing late last month was recovered from the waters of Soap Lake on Friday evening, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday morning. Kayakers found the body of Michael Edwin Clark, 60, and notified authorities. Deputies recovered the body and Coroner Craig Morrison’s staff confirmed the body’s identity, a Sept. 2 release for GCSO said. An autopsy conducted Saturday was inconclusive due to the condition of the remains, but no obvious signs of trauma were found. Clark’s remains have be... Full story
Depending on where you live and work in the area, it can be hard to choose a cell-phone service provider that has service where you are. Who better to ask about where they have coverage than local citizens? Responding to an August 9 post on the Star’s Facebook page, people weighed in on three big cell-phone companies: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. People appear happiest with T-Mobile and Verizon, with AT&T being very spotty in Coulee Dam despite working above the dam and in Nespelem. “T-Mobile [is] the only way to go,” Gary Haag commented. “Year...
Backup plan not needed On the heels of the Aug. 7 voter approval of its Capital Projects Levy, the Grand Coulee Dam School District board last week rescinded its earlier resolution to hold another election for the same levy in November. That plan had been set as a backup in case the levy did not pass. It did, with 57.71 percent of the vote, 565-414, so the later attempt was not needed. One firefighter per 305 acres Statistics shared by the Grass Valley Fire’s state management team note that the 75,000-plus-acre fire was 10 miles wide, 18 m...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that federal disaster assistance has been made available for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to supplement the tribe’s recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding this spring from May 5 to May 28. Federal funding is available to Tribes on a cost-sharing basis for assistance for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by flooding. Funding is also available to the tribe on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures. T...
Dawn Lovelace had none of the risk factors for breast cancer. She got it anyway. “I’m a woman … that’s my risk factor,” she said in a recent interview. The nurse and midwife, who basically founded the obstetrics program at Coulee Medical Center 23 years ago, took her own medical advice and went in to CMC for a screening mammogram in January of 2017. “Unreality,” she said of the news. “The sinking in was very hard.” By the following September, Lovelace had had four surgeries. “I’m fine. I’m cancer free,” she said in July. She decided to “emb...
The Colville Confederated Tribes have proposed a release of salmon above Chief Joseph Dam and Grand Coulee Dam to return the once-native species to waters from which they’ve been absent since the construction of those giant barriers to their migration. The proposal is to release thousands of adult salmon and tens of thousands of juvenile salmon above the two dams in the Columbia River, as well as its tributaries. “There is a spiritual connection between salmon and Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest that is celebrated in many cer...
(Keller – 8/1/18) Keller Valley Highriders 4-H Club hosted a 4-H Small Animal Clinic Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at the Keller Community Center. Youth and families came together to learn how to care for chickens and rabbits and to prepare their small animal 4-H projects for exhibition at the Ferry County Fair. A variety of topics were covered during this educational workshop. Storey Jackson, 4-H Leader, and Linda McLean, Colville Reservation WSU Extension Director, taught about Educational P...
Coulee Dam Police 7/23 - A Coulee Dam woman reported that someone had entered her vacant River Drive rental property. A bent window screen was the only damage, and the woman noted that the intruder didn’t even take the half case of beer that was in the fridge. An officer found three cigarette butts as evidence. 7/24 - An officer spoke with a woman on Spruce Street who said that she wanted another woman, who was there to clean, to leave. The woman who was there to clean said she had permission from the complainant’s father to be there. The compl...
Coulee Dam seemed likely to follow a path already pursued by Electric City and Grand Coulee last week, when the town council heard nothing but favorable remarks during a public hearing on allowing people to drive four-wheelers on city streets. About a dozen people attended the hearing Wednesday night, not all of them from Coulee Dam. "It's a cheap way to get around," commented a man named Wes, who Councilmember Keith St. Jeor said was from Wenatchee. "It's a boon to the city." Coulee Dam is...
Coulee Dam 7/9 - An officer investigating a report of a .22 caliber gun being fired on River Drive instead found someone using a high-powered air rifle to shoot at gophers in the backyard. 7/11 - An officer took a form to an out-of-town victim of car theft so she would be able to report her vehicle stolen. - A driver on Lone Pine Road was told that his clocked speed of 73 miles per hour was “a little excessive” for the 35 mph zone. The driver was issued a citation for speeding. 7/12 - A burglar alarm was set off by a door not being closed all t...
COLVILLE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY P.O. Box 528 Nespelem, WA 99155 Phone: 509-634-2160, FAX: 509-634-2335 REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS Project Identification: 3119 Rocky River Road, Omak, WA 98841 Walk-in Shower with grab bars, and access ramp. 1. Remove existing tub/shower. 2. Furnish and install AQUATIC REMODELINE 30 in x 60 in x 76 in Gelacoat shower stall (or approved equal) and SPEAKMAN Versatile ADA plus handheld shower system (or approved equal). 3. Install an access ramp and hand rail at side entrance. The Colville Indian Housing Authority is... Full story
Lesane Clarence Picard, 19, born Sunday, May 30, 1999, in Grand Coulee, Washington to Adrian Picard Jr. and Elisa Adams left us all much too soon – Thursday afternoon, July 12, 2018, from Nespelem, Washington. A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, Lesane had attended Lake Roosevelt High School. Lesane enjoyed spending time in the out-of-doors hunting and hiking and was always ready to help others. Whenever tacos or pizza were being served, "Lesane was all there!" and he would never t... Full story
Elmer City could be up to its knees in a messy problem if leaders don’t find a solution to their waste water treatment facility issue with Coulee Dam, which was discussed by the town council last week. A meeting between council members and mayors of the two towns is planned within the next weeks or so to casually discuss viewpoints on the issue in the hopes of coming to a solution. Coulee Dam is building a new wastewater treatment plant at a higher elevation than the previous facility. The increase in elevation will require new lift pumps to g...
A human-caused fire that burned 2,773 acres 45 miles southeast of Keller is 100 percent contained, a July 17 press release from the Colville Confederated Tribes Department of Natural Resources stated. The Rattlesnake Fire, which started on July 12, was within the Hellgate Game Reserve on the Colville Indian Reservation, and west of the Lincoln boat launch near Creston. Named after Rattlesnake Canyon, firefighters did have to watch out for the venomous snakes. A crew of about 100 people, down from 200, will remain with the fire to quell hot...
Rodney Cawston was named the new chairman of the Colville Business Council July 12 after a ceremony in which seven recently elected council members were sworn into office and positions were assigned to the 14 members of the CBC. At the Lucy Covington Government Center near Nespelem Thursday morning, the oath of office ceremony started with traditional native American songs and drumming, and a prayer from Cawston. Six out of the seven recently elected CBC members are new, with only Joseph...
First- through fourth-grade students of Nespelem School District kicked off summer school July 9 with “Legend of the Coyote,” told by Dan Nanamkin. Students participated and practiced a song about the coyote, which will be sung during the end-of-summer-school celebration. They also learned about Native American instruments and local traditions and culture. The three-week summer school, which runs July 9-26, will focus on the Legends of the Salmon and Coyote of the Colville Indian Reservation, and has writing and reading components, as well as...
Town of Coulee Dam Public Hearing on ATV Use To the Citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Coulee Dam will hold a Public Hearing at Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 6:00pm to take public testimony to consider adoption of an ordinance allowing ATV use within town limits. Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish July 18, 2018) Keller School District 003 Budget Hearing and Adoption The Keller School District 003 will have a public hearing to discuss... Full story
The Colville Tribal Museum reopened this week after a nearly $800,000 remake that added ramps at both levels of the building to meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act, new siding, replaced rotting wooden materials and more. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Powwow starts Thursday night The 133rd Annual Fourth of July Celebration Powwow will take place at the Nespelem powwow grounds from July 12 through July 15. Tribal council oath of office Thursday morning The Colville Business Council oath of office ceremony will take place on July 12 starting at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of the Lucy Covington Government Center at the Colville Indian Agency. No local fires July 4 July 4 was blessedly boring for most local firefighters, who are used to responding to fireworks-related incidents on the national...