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Passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 12, 2022 in Spokane, Washington, with her family by her side following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Sandra was born on May 24, 1957, in Iwakuni, Japan. She later attended Harrington High School. She married Danny Stone on June 9, 1979, in Davenport, Washington. They were blessed with five children: Kenny, Kaylee, Allen, Leali and Kami. The family lived in the Addy/Chewelah, Washington area for nearly 29 years as Danny served as a pastor at Addy... Full story
Electric City is making the correct move in considering whether it should plan for expansion to its south. Like the rest of the country, the local area is running short of housing, and that’s a major obstacle to progress for a better community. Local employers have trouble recruiting employees to the area when they can’t find a place to live. Our largest employers in the Grand Coulee Dam area — the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Coulee Medical Center — run into the problem repeatedly. The hospital keeps eight rentals of its own just to have a...
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 May. The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, May 31st at 6:00pm via Zoom. (Publish May 11, 18 and 25, 2022) SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES PASSESD OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WASHINGTON Full...
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 May. The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, May 31st at 6:00pm via Zoom. (Publish May 11, 18 and 25, 2022) PUBLIC NOTICE Director District Boundary Changes Proposed Affects school... Full story
A local driver ended up in the water last week when her vehicle veered into Banks Lake about 5:44 p.m. Thursday. Stacey Joe White, 46, of Coulee Dam got out of the car and swam to shore before the Toyota Highlander sank, according to Trooper John Bryant of the Washington State Patrol. The incident happened on SR-155 about five miles north of the junction with US 2 just north of Coulee City. White was reportedly alone in the car. She was taken to Coulee Medical Center with minor injuries. The...
Keya Fast Horse and Coby Dick of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Coby Edward Dick Jr., born Friday, March 25, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Annalise Fast Horse and Haley Dick. Maternal grandparents are Carrie Pakootas and Mathew Pakootas. Paternal grandmother is Janice Dick.Great-grandmother is Mildred Swan.... Full story
As in most of the country, housing in the Grand Coulee Dam area is in short supply, pushing prices high. “It’s happening everywhere,” said longtime local broker Merle Kennedy of Foisy and Kennedy. Nationally, prices on single family houses are up over 18 percent from a year ago, a trend that hold true in the Grand Coulee area, which Kennedy knows well. Speaking at a Rotary Club online meeting March 23, Kennedy illustrated with a story: A listing came up in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service on a Friday afternoon that he thought would inter...
Two drivers suffered a head-on collision in Grand Coulee about 1 a.m. Sunday when one crossed the centerline on SR-155 near Federal Avenue, the Washington State Patrol reported. Amy Glover, 39, of Wilbur was driving north in a 2018 Ford Explorer when it crossed the centerline, striking a 2004 Chevrolet Impala headed north. The Impala was driven by Malia Vogel, 26, of Almira. She told a Grand Coulee police officer first on the scene that she’d had to crawl out and that her leg hurt. The officer noted that front of the car was crushed to the f...
COVID-19 rates continue to decline overall as the incidence rate in Grant County has dropped below 100 cases per 100,000 residents and Coulee Medical Center found zero positive results out of 33 tests performed from March 15-19. Grant County Health District shows that the county's two-week incidence rate continues to decline - to 79 cases per 100,000 people on March 17. That rate was 123 last week and 1,458 about a month earlier on Feb. 11. That said, two more deaths have been added to the...
This is an open letter of thanks to everyone who advocated for, supported, gave a forum for discussion, or assisted us to get the message out, regarding a piece of legislation that would have had a detrimental impact on rural healthcare in Washington State and especially our communities. Because of your willingness to express your concerns about this bill, the Senate listened, and the bill was not enacted. This bill would have had short and long-term devastating effects, and if enacted, would have forced Coulee Medical Center to consider...
Cheyenne and James Herrington of Wilbur, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Evangeline Johnean on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz., and was 19-3/4 inches in length. Sibling includes Ethan age 7. Maternal grandparents are Drew and Nichole Curtis. Paternal grandparents are Johnean and Scottie Herrington.... Full story
Natasha and Alexander Victor of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Nova Maria Victor, born Friday, February 25, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Stella Youraf and Vincent Tufaiel of Pakistan Multan. Paternal grandparents are Kamran Victor and Mable Victor of Spokane, Washington.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/8 - Police helped the two vehicle owners at the senior center exchange information after someone backed into a parked car. - A Continental Heights man told police that a woman wasn’t supposed to be at the apartments there. Police told him that she was allowed to be there if a resident invited her there. They didn’t find any records of her being banned from the property. The man also said the woman knew who had stolen his vehicle previously and wanted police to talk to her. Police didn’t speak to her and were unable to cont...
There have been four more COVID-19 deaths in Grant County reported in the past week, and just two new cases in local towns as infection rates remain low. The deaths, reported on March 10 by the Grant County Health District, occurred in February among two men and two women, all unvaccinated, three with underlying health conditions. They were residents of Moses Lake, Ephrata, and Quincy, and were in their 70s, 80s, and 90s. According to data from Coulee Medical Center, from March 8-14, 75 covid tests were performed, with only six, 8%, testing...
There has been one more COVID-19 death in Grant County in the past week, and six new cases in local towns as incident rates decline. According to data from Coulee Medical Center, from March 1-7, 51 covid tests were performed, with only three, 6%, testing positive for the coronavirus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Grant and Lincoln counties, as well as Ferry and Spokane counties, are shown as being at medium risk for overwhelming hospitals with covid cases, but Okanogan and Douglas are still listed as high risk.... Full story
Coulee Medical Center employees walked into local businesses last Friday to spread awareness about colon cancer. The walk was a new local twist on a longstanding emphasis in medicine - prevention. Eighteen CMC employees walked from the hospital to more than 25 local businesses in Grand Coulee, where they gave gift bags that included pamphlets about colon cancer and CMC's services, stickers, bracelets, and fiber bars. Chief Medical Officer Doctor Sam Hsieh told The Star a bit about colon cancer...
A Ford F350 pickup drove into a maple tree in west Coulee Dam'sd main thoroughfare Thursday afternoon, injuring at least one person. The Washington State Patrol reported that a 44-year-old driver, Robert John Day had been taken to Coulee Medical Center by the time a trooper arrived on the scene on SR-155 near the Columbia River Bridge. Trooper John Bryant, a WSP public information officer, said the Patrol was called out about 1:44 p.m. He said Day was cited for having wheels of the roadway and...
There have been 12 additional COVID-19 deaths announced in Grant County since The Star’s last update on Feb. 16, and 121 new cases in local towns, despite a dropping incidence rate. Grant County Health District announced 392 new cases and 10 deaths on Feb. 17, and 233 new cases and two deaths on Feb. 24, with their weekly announcements coming on Thursdays. Coulee Medical Center CEO Ramona Hicks told hospital district commissioners Monday night that Covid positivity numbers at CMC had “dramatically dropped.” But she cautioned it’s hard to evalua... Full story
A man who was unconscious in his burning car gets to continue to live with his family thanks to local heroism. Three Jess Ford employees saved the Ephrata man's life in December. Joshua Bessette, 46, of Ephrata, was on his way to work at the Grand Coulee Dam on Dec. 3 at about 7 a.m. He was driving north on SR-155 at about milepost eight between Coulee City and Grand Coulee near the Million Dollar Mile, when, according to a report from Washington State Patrol Trooper John Bryant, he left the...
My name is Andrew Castrodale and I’ve been a practicing physician in Grand Coulee Washington for 24 years. Coulee Medical Center (CMC) is a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital in North Central Washington next to the 1.4 million-acre Colville Indian Reservation. Higher level of care is approximately 100 miles away making Family Medicine truly “full spectrum”. I grew up on the reservation and came home to practice 24 years ago after undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Washington followed by a Family medicine resid... Full story
I am a lifelong Washingtonian and practice full-spectrum family medicine, including surgical obstetrics and hospital care at a Critical Access Hospital in Northern Grant County. Coulee Medical Center provides crucial access to healthcare services in an area of very high need, and passage of HB 1868 could have disastrous consequences for a small yet crucial rural hospital that is already straining under the demands of the pandemic. I work as a hospitalist seven days each month and am the Acute Care Director, and I have personally witnessed and... Full story
My name is Beth Goetz. I am a Registered Nurse in rural eastern Washington at a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Grand Coulee, Washington. Coulee Medical Center is my second home, and my second family. Both of my biological children were born at CMC, delivered by my coworkers. Awkward at times yes, but that’s who I trusted. I knew that both them and I were in the best hands we could have been, and that made up for the few awkward moments. Both of them have been in the emergency department, undergone surgical procedures, and r... Full story
Meagan and Justus Caudell of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Tri Caudell on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Rocksie 13, Hartlyn 8, and Gracyn 7. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Apryl Meier of Worthington, Minnesota. Paternal grandparents are Debbie Caudell of Keller Washington, and Gregg Caudell and Betty Buckley of West Fork. Great-grandparents include Elmer... Full story
Heather Downs and Jesse James Ratzlaff of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Jesse James Ratzlaff Jr., on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs. and was 18-1/4 inches in length at birth. Siblings include James, Roslyn, Scarlett, Henry and Thorin. Maternal grandparents are Stewart and Betty Irvine of Ontario, Canada. Paternal grandparents are Adriana Ratzlaff and Michael Ratzlaff Sr. both of Coolidge, Arizona. Great-grandparents include Margaret Upshall of... Full story
A bill in the state Legislature that seeks to force hospitals to abide by set staffing levels — to address burnout and an already serious nursing shortage made worse by the pandemic — would likely force cuts in local service, a local hospital leader says. An amended form of House Bill 1868 passed the state House of Representatives Sunday. Its companion bill in the Senate, Senate Bill 5751, seems likely to pass, according to Ramona Hicks, chief executive officer at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. The bipartisan legislation, supported by... Full story