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Two new city leaders have been sworn in this month in two local cities. Kevin Black was selected two weeks ago to fill Council Position #1 in Coulee Dam, left vacant by Fred Netzel's resignation last month. The city council voted to put Black in the seat, which will be up for election in November for a four-year term. Councilmember Merv Schmidt said that he felt both candidates who applied were qualified, but that Black's experience with utilities, being the manager at Nespelem Valley Electric,...
A COVID-era rule intended to help individuals has meant lost revenue for cities, and utilities. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s Proclamation 20-23, first issued in March of 2020, doesn’t allow utilities to be shut off for a resident, nor for late fees to be charged. That has meant that those who charge for utilities, such as local cities and electric companies, are holding higher amounts of their customers unpaid bills than usual, and that they also haven’t been able to bring in money from late fees like they have before. Locally, the city of Gr...
More than half the power outages in the city of Coulee Dam last year were caused by wild turkeys that roam the town freely. Last year the town, which operates its own electric utility, suffered nine power outages, the last five all because of the big birds, said Mike Steffens, the city superintendent who gets to deal with such emergencies. Each time, that takes a minimum of two employees spending a couple hours walking the lines, arranging for upstream power to be shut off, then reconnected, and...
No Chamber Meetings for the Next Two Weeks Chamber will not meet this Thursday due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The December 5 meeting has also been cancelled so chamber members can meet out at the Vet Center in Electric City to set up for the Vintners and Brewers event set for Saturday, December 7. Come out on the 5th to help. Voltage Coffee House will be catering a lunch for the volunteers. Friday Bank Closed this Friday The food bank will be closed Nov. 29. Normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the...
Grant County Port District No. 7 CHANGE OF MEETING Grant County Port District 7 is changing the October meeting date from Thursday, October 24, at 4 p.m., to Tuesday October 22, at 4 p.m. Location is still at the Airport Office. Change is due to a lack of quorum. Debbie D. Bigelow, Secretary/Treasurer Grant County Port District No. 7 (Publish October 9 and 16, 2019) Grant County Conservation District Board of Supervisors NOTICE OF MEETING The Grant County Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting at 1:00 PM on November 12,... Full story
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 31, at Siam Palace beginning at noon. Chay Heilman will be speaking about the Senior Center’s meals program. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of Ice Age Floods Institute to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. The speaker is Nick Zentner, the very animated and gifted teacher/geologist from CWU. His topic: Super volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest Why is...
Coulee Dam has a new mayor. Bob Poch was elected by the city council last week to take the place of Larry Price, who resigned Dec. 6, 2018. The council did not discuss the motion made by Councilmember Ben Alling and seconded by Councilmember Keith St. Jeor, immediately voting to seat the new mayor, who had been filling the post as mayor pro tempore since Price's resignation. "Thank you all for your confidence," he said, before launching into the rest of the regular meeting of the council. Poch...
The engineer in charge of the new wastewater treatment plant in Coulee Dam says funds may be available to pay for the extra lift station needed to bring Elmer City’s effluent to the plant. With costs estimated at three quarters of a million dollars, that could be a big help to Coulee Dam, which authorized Varela engineer Daniel Cowger to look into possible finance option with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Rural Development fund, which financed the rest of the plant. Cowger told the town council Wednesday night that his conversations with key...
Grand Coulee 10/1 - A woman reported her chop saw, used to cut wood, went missing from outside the Trail West Motel. - A driver, pulled over for having a tail light out, was cited for the light and for driving with his license suspended. The man said he had ordered the light and was going to replace it. 10/2 - At the request of the manager, police told a woman sleeping in her car around 9 p.m. in the Safeway parking lot to leave. The woman said that wouldn’t be a problem. - A man was cited for speeding on SR-155, going 45 mph in a 30 mph zone n...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet for the rest of August. Meetings will resume in September. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 14 at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of Ice Age Floods to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. The program is free and open to...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, August 2, at Siam Palace. This will be the only chamber lunch in the month of August. Chamber lunches will resume in September. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, August 7, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Wenatchee Valley Erratics...
William C. Miller Jr. passed away February 8, 2018, in Almira, WA. He was born July 21, 1932, in Oakland, CA to Angelan Ann and William Charles Miller. "Toby" was the eldest of six boys raised in Santa Clara, CA. He served in the military and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Electrician 1st Class (1952-1956). Later, he served in the Iowa National Guard as a sergeant in CBR Warfare (1973-1975). He was a graduate of Santa Clara University with a BEE (1958) and... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/18 - A caller reported a man walking through yards and knocking on doors in the Delano area. He was elusive and not seen by police when an officer arrived. - An officer responded to a report of an injured deer in a driveway on Partello Park. It was gone when police arrived. - A Nespelem man was stopped for having auto tabs that had expired nine months earlier. The officer learned that the man had a suspended license and also a warrant for his arrest. A passenger also had a warrant for his arrest from the Department of...
Mataiya Nachtigal, of Electric City, and Shan Birdtail and Tiffany Circle, both of Nespelem, were listed this week among the 2016-17 graduates of Wenatchee Valley College with associate of arts and sciences degrees, the school announced. Also, Denise George, of Coulee Dam; Bernadette Heinen and Karen Helgerson, both of Elmer City; Colee Adolph, of Keller; and Jessica Batten, Riley Epperson, Cassandra Vargas, all of Nespelem, earned state certificates in initial early childhood education....
Grand Coulee Police 8/28 - A Coulee Dam driver was issued a speeding ticket after being clocked at 68 mph in a 30-mph zone on SR-155. He told the officer he was hurrying to get to the emergency room before it was after hours so he could avoid paying a higher co-pay. The officer went to the hospital with him to see him sign in. Later, another driver told the officer that the same car had passed them at a high rate of speed. The driver will receive a citation in the mail for speeding. - An Electric City couple and two grandchildren turned in to...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting at noon, this Thursday at La Presa Mexican Restaurant. Valerie Cochran, the new public relations manager from Jess Ford, will be the speaker. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 8, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. The program is free and open to the public. For overviews of the Ice Age Floods and more information on the Ice Age... Full story
A Pleasant Valley couple and a Nespelem man were arrested and landed in Grant County jail after an arrest on a warrant Friday. Police learned that Cassandra Graves, 27, wanted on a Department of Corrections felony arrest warrant, was in a vehicle at West Grand Avenue in Electric City. When police arrived at 123 West Grand Avenue at 9:20 p.m., Graves rushed into the residence and tried to slam the door as Sgt. Gary Moore was in pursuit. Cassandra Graves was detained on the warrant, along with her husband, Kyle Graves, 26, who is being charged... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting at noon this Thursday at Electric City Bar and Grill. Chamber summer intern Daniel Villarreal will be the guest speaker. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Station. Okanogan County Demos to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 8 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission,... Full story
Nespelem Elementary School students participated in the Governor's Summit on Career Connected Learning May 31 at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, Washington, on the Microsoft Campus. The event was also simultaneously broadcast across Washington state for viewing at 26 remote sites. To prepare for a presentation at the summit, up to 13 Nespelem students met daily after school, working with EV 3 Lego Robots, learning coding, adding sensors and lessons with the Mars Space Challenge. The... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, June 8, at the Eagles Lodge, Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet every Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or marlene@kissedquilts.com for details. Enter east end of building, push in door knob to release door latch. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 p.m.,... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, June 1, at the Eagles Lodge, Grand Coulee. Upcoming summer plans are on the agenda. Title VI/JOM Parent Advisory Meet set Title VI/JOM Parent advisory group will be meeting Tuesday, June 6, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High, room C212. A light meal will be provided. Discussion of the 2017-2018 Title VI Grant Application is planned. Participation is welcome! Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/7 - A landlord on Burdin Boulevard was advised by police that he couldn’t just move a tenant out of his place without going through the eviction process. - An Electric City woman was arrested and will be charged with fourth-degree assault domestic violence after scratching her boyfriend while the two were breaking up. She was taken to Grant County jail. - A walkie talkie radio that a Bureau of Reclamation firefighter left at Safeway was returned to him by a police officer. 5/8 - A Grand Coulee man told police that he h... Full story
About 50 local children put on a musical Saturday after casting and rehearsals began that Monday. Held at the former Village Cinema theater spot in Coulee Dam, the young actors performed in the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Treasure Island." At far right, Showaway Hunt, as Jim Hawkins, points out the entry of seagull Hope Button at left, as noted by a band of ruffians: clockwise from top left, Noah Hunt, Raeley Portch, Shelby Mustang, Chante Bear Eagle, Celeste LaPlace and Finn... Full story
Elmer City residents will see a 2-percent increase in their power bills as a result of an increase in electric costs from Nespelem Valley Electric, town council members learned last Thursday. The town was advised by NVE that its power rates would go from $0.07 per kilowatt hour to $0.0714 per kilowatt hour, the result of an increase from its supplier, Bonneville Power Administration. It was estimated that the increase to Elmer City residents would be about $22 a year. Dan Simpson, general manager of Nespelem Valley Electric, said in a letter... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/4 - Police checked on a report that someone had kicked in an apartment door on Hill Avenue looking for a person who was supposed to have a lot of tattoos. The police report stated that there was no evidence the door had been kicked in. 2/5 - An Electric City driver was issued a reckless driving ticket by mail after she allegedly ran an officer off the road on Sunny Drive in Electric City. The officer was driving with his family and reported that the driver was using her cellphone at the time and may not have seen him. The... Full story