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James Pulley, 35, of Meridian, Idaho, gestures a heart as he crosses the finish line in Run the Dam's half-marathon race Saturday, taking fourth in his age group, 23rd overall, in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 11.4 seconds. Of the more than 440 who registered for the half marathon, 10k and 5k races, 407 actually participated, said organizer Kelly Buche. That's a record for the race, she said. Race results can be found on page 6. - Scott Hunter photo...
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES PASSESD OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WA. Full and complete copies of the above ordinances are available at City Hall, 10 Western Avenue, Electric City, WA during normal working hours. On the 19th day of December 2024, the City Council of Electric City passed the following ordinance. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the titles, provides as follows: Ordinance #: 609-2024 “An ordinance of the City of Electric City amending Section 18.45.080 of the Electric City Municipal Code regarding fences.” On... Full story
The nonprofit federal administration that provides one-third of the Northwest’s electricity is preparing to part ways with its current Western energy market and sell its excess energy to companies and electric cooperatives as far away as Louisiana. Bonneville Power Administration officials announced in a draft policy proposal released Wednesday that they intend to leave the California-controlled “real-time” market they’ve participated in since 2022 and join a new “day-ahead” energy market based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. The move sparke... Full story
Local emergency medical service volunteers are aging out and burning out, and it may be time to look at funding a new district to ensure full-time help is available. That's the message Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout and Grand Coulee Fire Chief Ryan Fish, and others shared at a community town hall meeting hosted by the Regional Board of Mayors Nov. 6. "The volunteer base has eroded over the years," Kohout said in an opening presentation in Coulee Dam's town hall. "If this continues, we're in...
I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful editorial coverage on “Mental health troubles and news,” and the article “Man rescued from bridge standoff” in the September 11 edition of The Star. You are absolutely correct: “... Hope has to be part of the coverage” you provide, and is a reminder that each of us can offer hope to those who are struggling. Each of the community members who noticed the at-risk individual on the bridge and contacted the appropriate authorities, as well as the worker from Nespelem Valley Electric Co-Op, who was willi...
A young man came down from the top of the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Thursday evening, coached down by a Nespelem Valley Electric worker with a bucket truck. Police had called for the truck earlier in the day from the Rural Electric Authority utility, which also contracts to do line repairs for the city utility in Coulee Dam and was nearby. Police were looking for a way to communicate with the man and planned to have a cell phone delivered with the bucket truck. But the man in the...
Update A young man came down from the top of the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Thursday evening, coached down by a Nespelem Valley Electric worker with a bucket truck. Police had called for the truck earlier in the day from the Rural Electric Authority utility, which also contracts to do line repairs for the city utility in Coulee Dam and was nearby. Police were looking for a way to communicate with the man and planned to have a cell phone delivered with the bucket truck. But the man in... Full story
Around one in five Washington households qualify for a $200 credit toward their power bill–including residential customers in the Coulee area. It is fast and free to apply online, but applications must be in by September 15. The credit is available to customers served by Grant County PUD, the Town of Coulee Dam, Nespelem Valley Electric Co-Op, Ferry County PUD, Avista and some 40 other utilities across the state. More than 675,000 households in Washington will qualify, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Commerce. T...
Big maps up on a screen made an impression. The maps outlined all the areas burned by wildfires in Okanogan County. The first slide showed burns from 1982 through 2013. The second slide added what has burned since 2013. From a glance at the map, you might guess that possibly twice as much land burned in the last 11 years as in the prior 31. In a room full of firefighters and others concerned with keeping the county from burning up, it was an appropriate intro to the Community Wildfire...
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, October 9, 2023, at 6:00 at the Electric City Fire Station., will demonstrate an Art Docent lesson. Information: Carol: 509-322-5788. Parks Committee to Meet The Electric City Parks Committee will meet on first Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm at city hall in Electric City. ‘ Planning Commission to Meet The Electric City Planning Commission will meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 3:00pm in city hall in Electric City. Erratic...
Ice Age Floods Institute’s Program Tuesday The Wenatchee Valley Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute’s next program will be on Tuesday, August 8 at 7:00 PM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 South Mission St., Wenatchee. Brent Cunderla, IAFI Wenatchee Valley Erratics’ long-time president, will give a powerpoint program on the Geological Wonders of Iceland. This is a hybrid meeting. You can attend in-person at the Museum. Or you can participate via a Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937 Please sign in at 7:00...
Last weekend's Nespelem Junior Rodeo had contestants from near and far in tight competition. Results - SENIOR GIRLS: Les Schwab,Grand Coulee and Omak ALL AROUND Champion Rayann Wiley Reserve Champion Kylee Morse SENIOR BOYS: In Memory of LutherLeith ALL AROUND Champion Korbin Baldwin 2ndYear Reserve Champion Landyn Brock Intermediate Girls: Colville Confederated Tribes All Around Champion Ryanne Pyper Reserve Champion Halle Marmon Reserve Champion Lahalee Michel IntermediateBoys: Jackson’s S...
Utility line crews in Okanogan County were still fixing outages from Monday's storm late Monday afternoon. In the immediate Grand Coulee Dam area, only a few flakes fluttered here and there, but a bit north it was a different story. Okanogan County reported at 10:38 a.m. Monday that electric utilities were experiencing small outages around the county, including Nespelem Valley Electric Cooperative. "It was the heavy, wet snow that was the culprit," NVEC General Manager Kevin Black said Tuesday as his linemen were finishing repairs near Bridgepo...
PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Town of Nespelem will hold the 2023 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing at Town Hall, 330 9th, Nespelem, WA 99155, November 9th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Copies of the 2022 preliminary budget are available at Town Hall during business hours. All interested person will be give the opportunity to provide written or oral comments. Town Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will be made upon receiving...
Town of Nespelem NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Town of Nespelem will hold the 2023 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing at Town Hall, 330 9th, Nespelem, WA 99155, November 9th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Copies of the 2022 preliminary budget are available at Town Hall during business hours. All interested person will be give the opportunity to provide written or oral comments. Town Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will...
Grand Coulee Police 10/17 - Police explained to a man at a Main Street tavern the process of getting a restraining order after another man had stared at him strangely. 10/19 - Police responded to the gas station at Four Corners, where a man had been in the bathroom for over an hour, unresponsive to the knocks of other customers and an employee. The man didn’t respond to a police knocking either. An employee unloxacked the door and police opened the door to see a man washing his hands. He was told to leave the store and did so without i...
Grand Coulee Police 10/4 - Police provided helpful advice to a Grand Coulee woman in retrieving her truck from her ex-boyfriend in Omak. - A vehicle reportedly “clipped” a deer at SR-174 and Spokane Way. Police didn’t see any evidence of a collision and were unable to reach the registered owner of the vehicle that reportedly hit the deer, nor of the reporting party. Police were unable to determine if an accident had actually occurred. - About $500 worth of damage was done to a rear fender and taillight of a car parked at Safeway in a hit and r...
Food Bank Open for Drive-Through Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Friday, Oct. 7. Indoor services will resume on Friday, October 14, from 1-3 p.m. Please bring bags or boxes. Masks will be required. Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute Program Set The Wenatchee Valley Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute’s next program will be on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 PM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Brent Cunderla, long-time Erratics’ president, will discuss “It’s all about the Timing, Topography and [Rock] Type.” This is a bi-m...
Food Bank Open for Drive-Through Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Friday, Oct. 7. Indoor services will resume on Friday, October 14, from 1-3 p.m. Please bring bags or boxes. Masks will be required. AA Meetings in the Local Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. A new Alcoholics Anonymous group is meeting...
A storm that ripped through the area Sunday afternoon toppled a tree that pulled down a powerline in Coulee Dam, closing River Drive and leaving the area without power for several hours. A 60-foot evergreen tree fell across a front porch at 1015 River Drive but didn't damage the house or a pickup parked in the driveway - under the downed tree. But it did pull down power lines crossing River Drive, which is also SR-155 through town. Coulee Dam fire trucks closed the road while Nespelem Valley...
Update More than just the town of Nespelem will be affected by the outage Friday, a 5pm correction from OEM says: “ 2022-05-20 Correction: Nespelem Valley Electric Scheduled Power Outage Correction for Location of Outage. Nespelem Valley Electric will have an 8 hour scheduled power outage tomorrow Friday, May 20, 2022 from 7:00 AM to 3 PM to allow Bonneville Power Administration to conduct line maintenance. Correction on location: The following area will be affected: The Town of Nespelem, Government Center (Agency), Corrections Center, S... Full story
Students of every age at Lake Roosevelt Schools are busy this week learning their parts for a play they'll put on in just a few days. Join the Emperor, his friends and subjects, and the busy Silkworms this Saturday March 19, 2022 when the Missoula Children's Theatre and 28 local students present an original musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, "The Emperor's New Clothes." Playing the title character of the Emperor is local student Noah Hunt. Other featured performers...
Irene (Shorty) M. Brownfield passed away on October 28, 2021, at the age of 90 years old due to Covid-19 pneumonia. Irene was born on May 14, 1931, on the Cox Ranch outside of Lind, Washington, to Albert M. Erdman and Ida Sauer Erdman. She was delivered by Grandma Erdman Sauer, who was a midwife. She joined older siblings Dorothy, Lillian, and Alvin. Following her were siblings Pauline, Caroline, Robert, Walter and Linda. The family moved and lived in the Chewelah, Addy and Waitts Lake areas.... Full story
Coulee Dam’s city council will consider a proposed vaccine mandate for employees tonight as part of its regular meeting at 6 p.m. in a meeting open via phone or an online service only. The issue was raised a council meeting a month ago and discussed again two weeks later. Tonight (Wednesday) the council has a drafted resolution to pass, reject or alter. The city of just over 1,000 must grapple with some of the same possibilities other agencies have: that requiring vaccination against the coronavirus, which has been made into a political hot top...
Nespelem Valley Electric will have a 30 minute scheduled power outage Tomorrow Morning, Friday, July 16, 2021 from 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM to allow Bonneville Power Administration to conduct a switch-over. The following areas will be affected: Nespelem, Rebecca Lake, Agency, Gold Lake, School Road, down Columbia River Road to the fish farm, and surrounding areas. **For all persons using medical equipment requiring electrical power, you will need to make provisions for the 30-minute power outage.** Again a 30-Miniute Nespelem Valley Electric Power... Full story