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Firefighters converged with speed and coordination on a hillside blaze just above Banks Avenue in Grand Coulee Sunday night, saving several residences just below the city water tanks. Dispatched to the wildfire at 100 Banks Avenue at 8:40 p.m., Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Dept. called for mutual aid from departments at Electric City, Coulee Dam Elmer City and Lincoln County. Before long, 38 firefighters, two EMTs, two Grand Coulee Police officers and 14 fire engines had responded. Three...
Cases of COVID-19 have doubled in less than a month in the cities of Electric City and Grand Coulee. Since Aug. 4, local cases in Grant County have doubled to 98 total cases, up by 13 in the last week. Grant County Health District Tuesday reported 286 additional cases countywide since Friday, with 17 patients currently hospitalized for covid, ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s. The 14-day incidence rate in the county is at 1,143 cases per 100,000 population. Earlier this month, that... Full story
The idea of lowering the speed limit from 45 to 30 miles per hour on SR-155 between Electric City and Grand Coulee is a vastly unpopular idea, a Star survey reveals, with 88% of people being against it. However, it may be necessary to lower the limit if a pathway project is to be built at all. Last week, The Star reported on the possibility of the speed limit being lowered by the Washington State Department of Transportation after a pedestrian pathway is built connecting Coulee Playland to Banks Lake Park between the highway and Banks Lake, on...
You may notice some greenery missing from the drive along SR-155 near the north end of Grand Coulee in the future. About 30 pine trees near Grand Coulee’s wastewater treatment facility on the north side of the road will be removed due to issues caused by the trees for the facility. The trees pose a risk of damage to the facility if they or their limbs fall onto equipment. Already, tree debris such as needles and cones have fallen into the facility and clogged up pipes and the like. According to Assistant Treatment Plant Operator Travis Irwin i...
Gail Marie Kuehne, 86, of Keller, Washington, passed away Sunday morning, August 22, 2021, in Spokane, Washington. Gail was born on October 19th, 1934, in a cabin on Iron Creek to Mary and Boxer Summerlin. She attended grade school in Keller, Republic, Inchelium and Hunters. Her 7th-grade year was spent in Wenatchee, and then she returned to the area and finished her 8th through 12th-grade years in Wilbur, Washington. On April 25, 1953, Gail married the love of her life, Henry G. Kuehne. She... Full story
NCB Collecting Supplies for Back to School The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the month of August. Questions call Jerri Smith at 633-1700. Food Bank to be Closed Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day weekend. Regular hours will be...
Rebecca Miles and Levi Redd of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Garruk Allen Redd born Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz, and was 18 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Jackson Alexander, Chayla Rae, Ajan and Jerry-Lee. Maternal grandparents are Chay Heilman and the late Jerry Heilman. Paternal grandparents are Wilma Werohough and Robert Redd.... Full story
City of Electric City Notice of Intent to File Application There will be a public hearing on September 14, 2021 at 6:00pm to discuss the City of Electric City’s intent to file an application for federal assistance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Services. The hearing will be available via zoom meeting (link published at www.electriccity.us ) or in person. Access for the hearing impaired and others can be accommodated using Washington Relay which can be reached at 1-800-833-6384 and at the below w... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/23 - Police checked on children alone in a running car at Safeway. The oldest child was 11. Two other kids were there, one of them asleep. The oldest child said their mom had run into the store a few minutes earlier. The mother came out and said she didn’t want to wake the sleeping child and was just in the store for a moment. She left the air conditioner on, so it wouldn’t get too hot in the car. Police warned her it’s a misdemeanor to leave children under age 16 in a running car, but understood she was just looki...
The speed limit between Electric City and Grand Coulee, currently at 45 miles per hour, could drop to 30 with the construction of a new pedestrian/bike pathway. The Star would like to know whether you want the speed limit lowered. With pedestrians regularly traveling the stretch of road, a pathway is seen as a way to give them a safe place to walk or ride their bikes. In 2018, the project was accepted for a $672,410 grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation with a 5%, $35,390 match from Electric City. The original ped... Full story
Another 20 COVID cases have been reported in the Grand Coulee and Electric City area of Grant County since just last week, making up 23.5% of the total cases in the area since the start of the pandemic. Grant County Health District has reported additional cases in updates from Aug. 18, 19, 20, 23, and 24, bringing the total in the Grand Coulee/Electric City area from 65 to 85. Coulee City, Hartline, and “Almira Rural” cases total 78, up from 75 last week. The GCHD reported 12 additional Covid deaths on Aug. 24, bringing the county’s total... Full story
Well, it lasted longer than 8 seconds, but after just four years of being named Shane Proctor Park, that park is going back to its old name. The park on SR-174, in Grand Coulee between a gas station and La Presa restaurant is called Grand Coulee City Park. In 2017, the city council approved renaming the park after professional bull-riding champion and Grand Coulee native Shane Proctor. Now, after just four years as Shane Proctor Park, it's being changed back to Grand Coulee City Park. On August...
The mental health of students should be addressed more regularly by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, according to a letter school superintendents sent to him and to the state Department of Health. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner is one of 40 superintendents in Washington that signed an Aug. 18 letter to Inslee in response to a July 28 DOH update requiring masks for all K-12 students and staff. “OUR STUDENTS NEED HOPE,” the letter starts. “Coming off an unmasked summer of Washington State being ‘fully open’, our students...
Marjorie Maxine Williams, 91, passed away in Spokane, WA on August 16, 2021, after a short illness. She was born on November 12, 1929, in Pawnee City Nebraska to Glenn and Margaret Packett and was the third eldest of thirteen children. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years Ken Williams, her son Michael G. Williams, her parents, and 8 siblings. She is survived by her siblings Ed Packett, Pat Packett, Gary Packett, Doris Taylor, her son John K. Williams, and his spouse Cathy William... Full story
Gail Kuehne, 86, of Keller, Washington passed away peacefully Sunday morning August 22, 2021 in Spokane, Washington. Gail’s services are as follows: Thursday, August 26, 2021, a Visitation will be held from 3:00pm to 7:00pm at Strate Funeral Home, 329 East Grand Coulee Ave, Grand Coulee, WA. Friday, August 27, 2021, Funeral Service will begin at 10:00am at the Keller Community Center in Keller, WA. Graveside Services will follow at the Keller Community Cemetery. Gail’s full obituary will be published at a later date. Strate Funeral Home of Gra... Full story
Terry S. "Juppo" Francis Jr., 64, Wanderer, Story Teller and proud member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, passed on to his fathers, Saturday, July 24, 2021 from Seattle, Washington. Juppo entered this world on Tuesday, January 17, 1957, to Terry S. Sr. and Dora Owhi-Francis in Nespelem, Washington. Juppo was on Chemawa Indian School, "Brave" football team in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1975. He went on to attend college in Wenatchee, Washington. A member of Longhouse... Full story
David Allen Louie Sr., 73, known to all simply as "Dave Louie"; passed away Friday afternoon, August 13, 2021, at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington. Dave was born Sunday, January 18, 1948, in Nespelem, Washington, to Francis and Elvina McClung-Louie. A 1967 graduate of Coulee Dam High School in Coulee Dam, Washington where he was named the Beavers Basketball Team's MVP; Dave attended college in Roswell, New Mexico, where he learned welding; a trade at which he worked for many years and... Full story
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, August 30, 2021, at 7:00 pm at the Electric City Fire Barn. NCB Collecting Supplies for Back to School The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the...
City of Electric City Notice of Open Record Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Electric City Planning Commission will hold an open record public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Electric City City Hall on the proposed amendments to Chapters 18.05.010 Definitions, 18.40.022 Accessory Dwelling Units, Table 2 18.45.020, 18.45.060, 18.40.020, 18.40.070 District Use Chart and Chapter 18.70 Recreational Vehicle Parks. All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Those requiring assistance are... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/17 - Police collected a Glock 43 handgun found at Sunbanks Lake Resort. A woman called police later and said it was hers. Police told her she would have to talk to the evidence clerk and most likely have to go through a pistol transfer process to get it back. 8/18 - Police gave an intoxicated woman who had been yelling obscenities at the hospital a ride to a friend’s house. At the same time, police convinced a man with a head wound outside the hospital, who had initially refused care, to get care for his wound. Police t...
An agreement, new this year, allows state firefighting helicopters to park at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport and that's helping put out local fires sooner than later. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has an emergency-use agreement with Grant County Port District 7 to pay $1,500 a month to keep two helicopters parked at the airport, plus $750 for each additional one that may go there, based on available space. "It looked like a strategic place for us," said Russ Lane, assistant...
Covid cases have been active in the community again after a month-long lull, with an additional 21 local cases reported in the past two weeks, a third of all local cases since the start of the pandemic. Since The Star’s last covid update Aug. 4, headlined “Covid cases at a minimum locally,” which reported low numbers of new cases, Grand Coulee and Electric City have seen an additional 17 cases. The Grant County Health District, in updates from Aug. 4, 9, 11, 16, and 17, said new cases have come from all areas of the county, including the Grand... Full story
A new semi-truck to haul the trailers of trash that come out of the Delano Regional Transfer Station to a landfill in Ephrata will cost a pretty penny in the ballpark of $180,000-$200,000. The Regional Board of Mayors, which includes mayors from Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, and Elmer City, discussed with transfer station manager Randy Gumm Aug. 9 the need for a new truck. City Clerk Peggy Nevsimal of Electric City said possible funding options for the truck included a grant/loan package from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Am...
The lack of animal control locally has been an ongoing issue since time immemorial, but gears are turning in Electric City minds to find a solution for all the local towns. It’s an issue that rears its head at least a couple times a decade, but at the Regional Board of Mayors meeting Aug. 9, Electric City employee Mike Shear and City Clerk Peggy Nevsimal spoke to the board concerning details on how to set up an animal control program. Shear, who currently does code enforcement work for the city and works for the Delano Regional Transfer S...
Edward James Powell was born in Coulee Dam, Washington on December 28, 1950, and passed away at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, January 7, 2021, due to the devastating effects of Covid-19. Ed's parents Claude Laverne Powell and Lucy Wiona Fackenthall Powell were from Coulee City, Washington. Ed's family later moved to Coulee Dam where he attended the Coulee Dam schools and graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1969 as a 12-year veteran. He then attended... Full story