News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
Sorted by date Results 2751 - 2775 of 5187
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, Cheryl N. Chapman passed away peacefully while surrounded by loved ones at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. Her death marked the end of a courageous three-year battle with triple negative breast cancer. She was 56 years old. Born in Coulee Dam, Washington, on February 3, 1960, Cheryl was the fourth child and third daughter of the late Irene and Kenneth Ehlers. She lived most of her life in the Grand Coulee area; her adolescent years spent on the... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, February 9, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business. Okanogan County Demos to Meet Okanogan County Democrats will be holding a potluck followed by a meeting on Saturday, February 11, at Bob Thomsons, 41 Pleasant Glade Road. Go to Tonasket, turn on Haville Road, go two-and-one-half blocks, it’s on the left side, the one with the barrel roof. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association The Okanogan County Sch... Full story
Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, at Grand Coulee Community Church, 405 Center Street, one block south of the old GCHS building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss scholarship awards and to hear the latest regarding the mascot commemorative column that has been placed at the Lake Roosevelt Schools campus in Coulee Dam. At its fall meeting the Board of Directors voted to broaden the eligibility of students who may apply for the annual scholarships to include any direct descendant of... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/30 - Police advised homeowners on G Street that their dog was running loose on highway 174. They agreed to keep their dog inside. - A 911 hangup call was checked on at a Division Street location. It was determined that it was possibly a phone problem. - A woman on West Grand Avenue in Electric City told police that her brother has posted some alarming things on Facebook that included threats. Police made copies of the Facebook postings. The woman said she didn’t know where her brother was. - A man at a Dill Avenue a... Full story
Money makes the world go around, and it also builds school classrooms. Both classrooms and money are in short supply at the Grand Coulee Dam School District, just three years after opening the new Lake Roosevelt Schools complex in 2014. Currently, the school district is in the midst of its five-year “study and survey” that will spell out the district’s classroom needs in detail. There’s currently a crunch for classroom space, specifically in the elementary wing of the school. The “study and survey,” after a review by Superintendent Paul Turner... Full story
An organizational community watch meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Almira/Coulee Dam Community Church. The meeting is a follow-up to an initial meeting held early in December, and is being organized by Ed Bartley. About 50 people showed up at the first meeting, alarmed by reports of burglaries and car prowls in Coulee Dam. Bartley, who has had about 50 years of experience in law enforcement-related activity, drew out concerns local residents had at the first meeting, and stated that organizing against crime would be the ta... Full story
A steel span of the Marcus Bridge just leaving its position, in transit to Grand Coulee Dam. The two-deck barge is the workmen's living quarters. The tug, "Blue Ox," is shown in rear of the houseboat. - Feb. 19, 1942 photo... Full story
Eloise (Ayling) Bowman, 85, surrounded by her family, went to heaven to be with her son, Steve; sisters: Alma and Mary; brother, Walt; and her parents on Sunday, January 29, 2017. She was born January 8, 1932, and graduated from Coulee Dam High School. She was Star newspaper's 2012 Volunteer of the Year. She was a member of the Grand Coulee Dam Seniors, where she managed the thrift store for many years, turning it into the success it is today. She never met a stranger, helping anyone who needed... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, February 2, at the La Presa Mexicam Restaurant, Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 14, at the Vets Center in Electric City. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave., Grand Coulee, every Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/22 - An Electric City man was cited for third-degree theft after he was reportedly seen taking a bottle of wine from Safeway and leaving the store without paying for it. Police caught up with him on Burdin Boulevard and retrieved the wine. The report is being sent to the prosecutor’s office. 1/23 - Police picked up a man known to have a warrant for his arrest along SR-155, near the top of the dam, and gave him a ride to Grant County jail. - Police were advised that the door to a vacant house on Continental Heights was o... Full story
Brother and sister Nick and Becky Heilman serve fruit cups during a ham-hock-and-bean soup dinner to members at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center Tuesday. Their mother, Chay, is the head cook there. The GCD Senior Meals program is open to everyone, with no membership required. Dinner is served Tuesday through Thursday at 5 p.m., and breakfast served Monday through Friday from 8 to 10 a.m. A recommended donation of $3.50 for senior citizens, or $6.50 for everyone else, buys a full meal. It's... Full story
An upcoming visit between two local governments could help prevent a big local asset from degrading into a permanent eyesore. The Grand Coulee Dam School District has been invited to Grand Coulee’s next planning commission meeting on Feb. 8, to let planners know what it plans for the Center School property. The school district has conducted two advertisements calling for bids on the 8.3-acre school building and property, but has never appeared before city planners. Both attempts to receive bids have failed to produce any because investors w... Full story
An environmental group that sued to force changes at Grand Coulee Dam says it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Columbia Riverkeeper announced last week that the Bureau had agreed to investigate the possibility of replacing petroleum oil-based lubricants with “eco-friendly lubricants” or switch to using non-lubricated equipment in places where those lubricants touch the water. The settlement is based on a similar outcome in 2014 when the group settled a suit against the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. That agency has... Full story
The Nespelem School District has plenty of cash right now, but fewer federal funds may be coming for the year than previously planned. The district, which budgeted for the year based on an expected enrollment average of 110 students, has seen that number at 133 this year. Financial officer Tanya Bunting told the board Monday night that the district is in a good cash position currently, but cautioned that federal Impact Aid funding may not come in as expected. The district's budget includes... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, January 26, at the Senior Center on Main Street, Grand Coulee. Grant County Port District 7 to Meet The Grant County Port District 7 will hold its monthly meetings the last Thursday of the month at 4 p.m., beginning with the January 26 meeting. All meeting will be held at the airport office. Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, January 30, at 7 p.m., at the Electric... Full story
Brooke Marchand and Edward Hall, of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Izabelle Angel Marchand-Hall, born Thursday, January 12, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Shannon A. Marchand and Dale Carriere, of Grand Coulee. Paternal grandparents are Angel Hall, of Grand Coulee, and Mike Hall, of Nespelem. Great-grandparents are Robert and Renee Marchand, and Laurel E. Manley, all of Coulee... Full story
Yes, the Grand Coulee Dam School District does have a superintendent! A glitch when Paul Turner took over the superintendent position last August was fixed by the school board Monday night. It was one of those things where someone forgot to cross a “t” which prevented Turner’s name from turning up in county records listed as superintendent. Now it’s fixed and Turner, who had served as a vice principal, can now sign his title as “superintendent” without anyone having the license to challenge it. In other action Monday night the board hired... Full story
1/17 - An officer told a traveling panhandler at Safeway that Grand Coulee had no services for him and that there was no safe place for him to sleep with the cold weather. The officer informed him of a free bus going to Moses Lake or Ephrata and gave him a courtesy ride to the casino to wait for the bus. Casino employees assured the officer they would help make sure he got onto the bus when it arrived. - An officer responded to a call that a woman in the lobby of the hospital was acting crazy and that she had previously been banned from the... Full story
The most dramatic feature of a proposed four-state trail is centered locally, and residents can learn all about it next Monday afternoon. People can learn how this region will play a small but significant role in the development of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail at a National Park Service information meeting Monday, Jan. 23, from 1-3 p.m. in the community room at Coulee Dam Town Hall. Denise Bausch, of the National Park Service, will make a 45-minute presentation showing the proposed... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District directors accepted the resignations of two veteran employees at its meeting Jan. 10. Resigning were teacher and Current Technical Education Director Kathy Proctor, and Human Resource Director Mandi Stack. Proctor came to the district in 1979, and has been associated with vocational education. She will finish up a 37-year teaching career at the close of school this spring. Proctor’s husband, Gordon, retired a couple of years ago, also after many years of service, as a teacher and coach. Stack is a 1997 g... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, January 19, at the Senior Center on Main Street, Grand Coulee. Steve Phillips will be speaking about the after-school mentoring program at Lake Roosevelt schools. Port District 7 to Meet The Grant County Port District 7 will hold its monthly meetings the last Thursday of the month at 4 p.m., beginning with the January 26 meeting. All meeting will be held at the airport office. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave., Grand... Full story
CCT Planning Department PUBLIC NOTICE The Colville Tribes Land Use Review Board will be holding a public hearing to make a ruling on the following land use and development permits: The Town of Coulee Dam has submitted a land use and development permit application for the construction of a new 0.20 mgd extended aeration wastewater treatment plant. Major elements include earthwork, site improvements, concrete process basins, supply and installation of process equipment, process and operation buildings, sludge dewatering processes, electric and... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/11 - A Grand Coulee woman reported she believes she is being stalked by a man after receiving a free coffee from a local coffee stand from a “secret admirer.” The woman investigated the incident herself and found out whom the coffee was from. Police advised her to contact district court to seek an order. - Police were advised of a verbal domestic dispute at a Continental Heights apartment building, where an argument had ensued after a woman threw out a dinner cooked by a man. - Police were advised of a subject cra... Full story
Grand Coulee's police department showed a marked increase in the number of burglaries reported in its jurisdiction (which includes Electric City) in 2016 over what it reported for 2015, according to records released last week. The report, which included Electric City, showed there were 42 attempted and actual burglaries for 2016, compared to 23 for 2015, an 82-percent hike. Burglary records for Coulee Dam were not available for 2016, but the number of burglaries in 2015 was shown as six. Police... Full story
The annual Balde Eagle festival will be held in Grand Coulee Thursday, Feb. 16, and in Davenport on Friday, Feb. 17, according to National Park Service Education Specialist Janice Elvidge. Events on both days are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elvidge said the event, which educates kids in cooperation with local schools, can use help from volunteers in several areas: • Housing is needed in the Grand Coulee Dam area for one man with at least one bird. He’s new to the festival this year, she said, and will need one room for two to three nig... Full story