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A 19-year-old Grand Coulee woman was not injured in a wreck south of Mesa, Washington Monday. The Washington State Patrol reported that Meliya R. Zarate was driving north in the right lane on the highway about three miles south of Mesa when a car in the left lane merged into her lane. She overcorrected and rolled the 2000 Dodge Durango she was driving, the Patrol said. The report listed her as not injured, but indicated she was taken nevertheless to Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco. The accident was caused by inattention, the report...
Grand Coulee Police 9/3 - A man reported his blue truck had been hit in the Safeway parking lot, out of view of security cameras. There were scratches and dents on the fender, and a transfer of orange paint or rust from the offending vehicle. An officer took photos of the damage. - A juvenile with a longboard and backpack was banned from Safeway after reportedly cussing and yelling at customers and employees. 9/4 - A brown dog was reportedly walking with a limp near the American Legion building along SR-155 in Electric City. - A panic alarm...
Should medical marijuana be treated like any other medicine at school? The state thinks so, and Grand Coulee Dam School District directors last week briefly discussed a possible policy on the matter during a first reading of several policies. When a policy regarding medication at school came up at their meeting Aug. 26, Superintendent Paul Turner brought the board’s attention to a paragraph about medical marijuana in particular, which explains that although the substance may be legal in some states, it is still illegal at the federal level a...
Sonny and Lisa Moeckel stand at their booth at the Fifth Annual Plateau Native Art Show at North Dam Park Saturday after taking first place in the judging and also the People's Choice award. Frank Andrews III took second, and taking third was Ric Gendron, seated at left, whom Sonny Moeckel called "my favorite artist," took third. The event is sponsored by the Northwest Native Development Fund in Coulee Dam, which also operates a gallery on Spokane Way in Grand Coulee. - Scott Hunter...
Record numbers of people calling for emergency help have led the Grand Coulee Volunteer Ambulance Service to seek additional emergency medical technicians. “We are at another record pace of emergency and transport calls for the Grand Coulee Dam Area,” Grand Coulee EMS Chief Rick Paris said. The year 2018 saw 505 calls, up from 480 in 2017, up from 402 in 2016, Paris told The Star. As of the end of July 2019, some 283 emergency medical calls had come in, according to a report provided by Paris at the August Grand Coulee council meeting. Cur...
Wouldn’t it be nice if a kid could take swim lessons in the Coulee area? Swimming and boating are a big part of our recreatio,n after all. Local woman Lonna Bussert is looking into the logistics of the effort after parents in the area told her they were taking their kids to Wilbur for swim lessons, which made her realize the need for lessons here. The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District is interested in, and looking into, sponsoring the program, according to Commissioner Kevin Portch. Bussert, who also serves on the Electric City Council,...
Fall is fast approaching, and rather than be plagued by the summertime blues, why not celebrate autumn with the upcoming Harvest Festival? There will be food and fun aplenty for adults and kids alike with helicopter rides, arts and crafts, games, barbecues, beers, live music. The Harvest Festival, put on by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, will take place from Friday to Sunday, Sept. 20-22, at North Dam Park. Helicopter rides will be available from Inland Helicopters from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on...
A couple who just moved to town from nearly 5,000 miles away will serve as lay pastors of the Church of the Nazarene, and for her it's a homecoming. Philip and Juliene Munts officially took their new post Sunday, having just moved from Malmö, Sweden. The two operated three "ministries" there, the said - two art galleries and a café called Fill My Cup. Always affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, the couple recently got a call to lead the local congregation. Juliene was thrilled; it m...
OKANOGAN—An Okanogan County firefighter was injured fighting a grass fire near Okanogan Sunday afternoon and flown out with serious burns. Assistant Chief Christian Johnson with Okanogan County Fire District #3, Okanogan, was injured while engaged on the Spring Coulee Fire. Johnson was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he is currently in a medically-induced coma, a spokesman for Okanogan County Emergency Management said Monday night. Johnson has second- and third-degree burns over 50 to 60 percent of his body, and his a...
The lost dog Wilson was found by Sean Holland and Malisha Small of Pasco, who saw the lost dog info only after finding him. The Star got Holland’s last name wrong, as well as where they were from, and stated incorrectly that they had recognized the dog from posters before finding him. Usually mistakes happen one at a time, not three! Sorry folks. In story about the boy who won a raffled playhouse last week, we got his name right, but some other parts of the story, not so much. Ellen and Rex Kiner, of Electric City, had won the playhouse r...
Grand Coulee Dam area residents may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Friday, Sept. 13 from 12 to 4 pm at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. Only hazardous waste generated by households will be accepted. Hazardous products have labels with words such as warning, danger, caustic, flammable, and poison. These chemicals should be disposed of through hazardous waste collection opportunities, not in the garbage, down the drain, or on the ground. Examples include: oil-based paint, contaminated motor oil, paint thinner, rechargeable...
Grand Coulee Police 8/24 - Grand Coulee Police assisted Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office by responding to a 911 hangup call in the Lakeview Terrace area. A woman had called 911, said she needed help, then hung up. Police found a couple with blood on them both, from minor injuries from a physical altercation. The man was taken to the hospital to be treated before being taken to Lincoln County Jail on assault charges. - A deer jumped in front of a man’s vehicle as he drove north along SR-155 into Electric City.. He stepped on the brakes to avoid h...
Grand Coulee city streets are about to receive some tender loving care at no cost to the city. The Grand Coulee City Council, at their Aug. 20 council meeting, accepted a bid from Davenport-based company DW Excavating of $576,005 to repair streets throughout the city. Engineering and additional other costs of $104,800 paid to the engineering firm Gray & Osborne bring the total to $680,805. The repairs will be paid for with a combination of money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which will pay $510,604, plus a 25% match from the...
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A lost dog named Wilson was found alive and well along Lake Roosevelt on Aug. 25, reuniting him with his owners after he'd been missing for two weeks. Cheri and Casey Groves lost Wilson Aug. 10 from their summer home in the Spring Canyon Road area during a storm. Cheri Groves said she had gone outside for a quick moment and Wilson was by her side. When she went back inside, he wasn't by her side, and must have run off scared by the thunder. The almost 5-year-old golden retriever must have had...
School Board Director George LaPlace grills hot dogs in a new Raider shirt for line behind him at the pre-opening barbecue Thursday at the end of a day-long open house at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The orientation and registration day was busy all day, several school employees said, and about 15 entirely new students were thought to have registered. School starts today. - Scott Hunter photo...
Star closed Monday The Star will be closed for the Labor Day holiday Monday, Sept. 2. Deadline for community news is Friday at 5 p.m. Deadline for classfieds called in is also Friday. But classifieds submitted online at grandcoulee.com will be accepted through Monday. New street plan for Grand Coulee? Grand Coulee considering adoption of Complete Streets plan The Grand Coulee City Council agreed Aug. 20 to consider adopting a “Complete Streets” plan that would help the city qualify for various grants. City Clerk Lorna Pearce told The Star that...
Construction is scheduled to begin next Tuesday on street and sidewalk work in Electric City. Updates on the project will be available at www.electriccity.us as well as Electric City's Facebook page found under "City of Electric City Municipal Government." Starting Sept. 3, construction will begin with the pulverization of asphalt along Western and Grand avenues. "There will be road closures, and intermittent water shutoffs as we proceed on the projects." an Aug. 26 post on the city's Facebook...
With the current jail in Grant County regularly being at maximum capacity, criminals get to roam free, an issue the sheriff says a new, larger jail could address. A measure on the Nov. 5 ballot to raise the sales tax in Grant County by 0.3% could build a new jail in Grant County and bring in over $80,000 a year to the Grand Coulee Police Department and boost other municipal police departments around the county. The city councils of Electric City and Grand Coulee have each come out in favor of Proposition 1. The estimated $5.5 million-$6 million...
After a long process of crossing the t's and dotting i's, the sale of Center School has finally closed and its new owners are developing plans. The former school on Spokane Way in Grand Coulee was sold by the Grand Coulee Dam School District to Centerline Development, a company co-founded by local men Nic Alexander and Ian Turner, for $155,000. The 8.3-acre property has a lot of potential, Alexander told The Star. He and Turner are envisioning various kinds of quality housing. "We're super...
Coulee Dam 8/19 - Two dogs were reported running at large on Camas Street. A woman said she sprayed them with a hose and they ran off. The dogs were found on Tilmus Street, taken back to their respective owners, who were warned about the dogs running at large and told about the city’s ordinance. 8/24 - A green Kia with no license plates, only a dealer plate, was pulled over on Columbia Avenue. The driver said he just bought the car from a friend and was in the process of getting a temporary plate. The passenger, however, wanted on warrants, was...
The Colville Tribes released 30 Chinook salmon at the Keller boat launch, just north of the Keller Ferry, on Aug.16, the first time salmon have been above the Grand Coulee Dam in nearly 80 years. Roughly 300 people attended the event in which people formed two parallel, single-file lines stretching from a Colville Tribes Fish and Wildlife truck containing the salmon, to the shore. The large fish were scooped out of the truck one at a time, placed into a rubber bag that was then passed along the...
Fireworks won’t be banned from Electric City, the result of a discussion last week considering such an action by the city council. Citizen and firefighter Ken Dexter told the city council Aug. 13 that he was speaking for himself and Electric City Fire Chief Mark Payne when he made a few points against a possible ordinance outright banning fireworks within city limits. “The main reason we are against this fireworks ordinance is we don’t want to drive people outside the city,” Dexter said. “My main concern is we don’t want to drive people out...
If culinary cred, zeal and creative thinking have anything to do with it, Patty Davis is about to make a mark on her home turf. Davis has studied and worked in the culinary arts from coast to coast in the United States, and in Hawaii, especially, before coming back to the coulee area, where she's starting a business to share her gift with her fellow community members. A Lake Roosevelt graduate, Davis left the state of Washington for Hawaii at the age of 21 to pursue her culinary dreams. There...
The Coulee Dam Town Council voted Aug. 14 to accept one grant and apply for another from the state’s Transportation Improvement Board totalling nearly $900,000 for street and sidewalk repairs. The agency granted $120,000 for new sidewalks on Ferry Avenue, rather than a slightly lesser amount sought by the town, and required no matching funds. The application included a letter bearing the signatures of 74 citizens contacted by Councilmember Fred Netzel. Across town, the “worst street in town” could get a remake at a cost of $734,670, none of it...