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Priest Rapids Dam operators extinguished a small fire in equipment called an exciter, which provides energy to start up one of the generating units, shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, the PUD said in a press release. The fire affected Unit No. 7 at Priest Rapids Dam. On Oct. 3, there was a similar fire in the exciter for Unit No. 1. In both situations, dam operators - using methods learned during training - were able to extinguish the fires promptly, keeping them isolated to the cabinets that house...
Grand Coulee Police 10/14 - A passenger-side window was broken on a car at the Hill Street apartments. The roommate of the owner of the car suspected it was a woman kicked out of the apartment the night before. Nothing was noted as missing. - A Grand Coulee officer was in Coulee Dam outside the casino with one of their officers when the Coulee Dam officer approached a woman known to be wanted on a warrant. She got into her car and backed into the Coulee Dam officer’s passenger door. The Grand Coulee officer hit the driver’s window with his bat...
Three American white pelicans hang out with gulls on an island on the west side of Steamboat Rock near Barker Canyon last weekend. With a 9-foot wingspan, they are one of the largest birds in North America, according to the National Audubon Society. - Emily Rehn photo...
EPHRATA – Priest Rapids Dam operators extinguished a small fire in equipment called an exciter, which provides energy to start up one of the generating units, shortly after 1 a.m. today. The fire affected Unit No. 7 at Priest Rapids Dam. On Oct. 3, there was a similar fire in the exciter for Unit No. 1. In both situations, dam operators – using methods learned during training – were able to extinguish the fires promptly, keeping them isolated to the cabinets that house the exciter equip...
A proposition on the November ballot could bring millions of dollars into Grant County coffers to fund a new jail and add to local police budgets, and two officers explained the measure at a luncheon last week. Chief Deputies Dustin Canfield and Darrik Gregg from the Grant County Sheriff's Office spoke about Proposition 1 at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Oct. 10. They encouraged those present to vote yes to increase sales tax in Grant County by 0.3%. The estimated $5.5...
"I'm always interested in the places I live and what's going on and I'd like to be a part of it," Birdie Hensley said about running for reelection on the city council. "If you're not on the council you don't know what the heck's going on." Hensley has served six non-consecutive years on the council, and is currently finishing a four-year term. Hensley spoke to some of the limits and frustrations of being on the council. "What the people don't understand is there's a lot of things we'd like to do...
State, federal, and tribal governments will come together next week on Lake Roosevelt for the first on-the-ground exercise in the Columbia River basin to prepare for an infestation of non-native mussels that cause millions in damage in Eastern waters and are now expected to make their way here. Invasive quagga and zebra mussels are small, non-native, freshwater mollusks that have caused significant environmental and economic harm in the United States. First arriving in the Great Lakes in the...
Bob Rupe is running again for Electric City council. Rupe previously served on the council for 12 years, the last time being about eight years ago, he said. Rupe said he'd like to work on the city's infrastructure "to make sure our water, sewer lines are in good repair, along with the roads." One issue, Rupe said, has been the order in which those things are repaired. "Pearl, here, was the most beautiful street in the whole town," he said. "Then the sewer or water system went out, and they had...
Grand Coulee Police 10/8 - A Grand Coulee woman reported a package missing, only to find it in the trunk of her vehicle later. 10/10 - Police were unable to locate pedestrians the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said were trying to flag down vehicles on SR-174 near milepost 25. 10/11 - A woman on Dill Avenue reported seeing Iranian terrorists when she closed her eyes — one wearing a black mask and one with a beard. She said she had called the army, who told her to call 911. Police documented the incident. - A girl was reportedly waving at car...
The chamber meeting for today will have Kelly Steffens from Coulee Medical Center as the guest speaker. She'll be talking about the need for annual wellness visits. It begins at noon at LaPresa.... Full story
The Electric City Council Tuesday voted to spend $338,550 of funds collected for improving tourism, most of it on a city park, departing from years of what some saw as an overly stingy practice. The new Ice Age Park, for which city officials turned ceremonial shovels of dirt at a ground-breaking event last week, will include features such as a mammoth head in the playground, a fossil digging area, and more, designed to cater to local kids and tourists alike. Including the park, the city will spend 85 percent of the funds on its own tourism init...
The Lake Roosevelt Raider football team pours back into Greene Field from the top of the bleachers Friday night after halftime for their homecoming game. The team is on a roll with four wins and no losses. Football teams normally come back after halftime down a dirt path from locker rooms in the school above the field, but a White Swan athlete fell on the path and lay injured, blocking it at the gate, forcing the detour. He later walked back, with help, to his sideline. Stories about the Raider...
The grandmother of a 14-year-old boy is asking anyone who sees him to report it to Colville Tribal Police. Cathy Covington says she's been raising Javante Picard since he was 3 years old and that he's had minor problems at school, but plans are already put in place to help him. But on Sept. 26, she says, someone picked him up at the bus stop, and he didn't make it to Lake Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. She hasn't seen him since, but believes he's near Nespelem. Covington has contacted...
The Grant County Tourism Commission is currently seeking grant applications for qualifying tourism-promotion campaigns, events and projects for 2020. All grant applications must be received or postmarked no later than 5 p.m. Nov. 29. For more information, guidelines and application forms go to tourgrantcounty.com, click on Downloads and download the Lodging Tax Grant Funds Application & Guidelines. A grant application workshop will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The application is available only to non-profit organizations applying for lodging...
Workers on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation fire station being built along SR-155 is anticipated to be completed in April of 2020, according to Public Affairs Specialist Lynne Brougher. "The weather is not a factor in completing the project," she said. "The construction crew will continue to work on the facility until it is finished." Northcon Construction resumed work on the $13.6 million project after a previous company's contract was terminated following numerous delays. - Jacob Wagner...
Grand Coulee will get a little help from a state agency to assess its options regarding its once state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that is now reaching old age. The Washington State Dept. of Commerce announced last week that it awarded the city $24,000 for a facility plan, one of many awards to rural communities around the state that will total $10.5 million in Community Development Block Grants. Twenty-seven projects were selected from 41 grant applications requesting over $20 million, a press release from Commerce said Oct. 3....
Grand Coulee Police 9/30 - A man on King Street said he had to use a shop vacuum while repairing a toilet, and once done, rinsed the vacuum and dumped it across the street in some bushes. An officer, responding to a report from a neighbor, told him that that wasn’t the proper way to dispose of that kind of waste. The man said he wouldn’t do it again. - A man told police that three days earlier he had been approached by two “locals” at the Electric City Bar & Grill who said he could purchase some time with a 14-year-old girl. Asked why he didn...
Having been appointed to the Electric City Council twice, Carol Nordine would like to continue in that role to see projects finished and new ones begun. Now she'd like to be elected to keep her seat at council in Position 4. She's facing challenger Cate Slater. Nordine said the city was only starting to work on the Ice Age Park when she started on the council, and she is happy to see that project coming to fruition. She hopes to see another park with a basketball court completed soon, as well. "...
Cate Slater is running for city council Position 4 in Electric City, wanting to give back to the community she's come to call home. Slater said she'd talk with friends, family, and coworkers about what was going on in the city, and when major changes began happening with Western Avenue, a street she drives daily, she decided to get involved. "I have to do something, otherwise nothing's going to change," she said. Slater said she agrees with the idea of projects the city is working on, but not...
A federal judge sentenced a Spokane man to five years in prison for hitting and stabbing his girlfriend multiple times in 2018. Tommie Joe Flett, 47, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on July 18 to Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender in Indian Country, the office of the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Washington said in a press release. The sentence imposed by District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. also specifies that Flett will be under court...
The grandmother of a 14-year-old boy is asking anyone who sees him to report it to Colville Tribal Police. Cathy Covington says she's been raising Javante Picard since he was 3 years old and that he's had problems at school, with plans put in place to help him. But on Sept. 26, she says, someone picked him up at the bus stop, and he didn't make it to Lake Roosevelt Junior Senior High School. She hasn't seen him since but believes he's near Nespelem. Covington has contacted tribal police and has... Full story
Officials broke ground on Electric City's first park, an Ice Age-themed area expected to be finished near the end of July, 2020 at a cost of over a half million dollars. A ground-breaking event at the lot behind the fire hall was attended by a group of roughly 30-40 citizens and their children, current and former city council members, and clerks. The little tykes found hidden toy eggs in the area of the upcoming park, and were awarded prizes including a stuffed wooly mammoth, various toys and...
Lonna Bussert has been on the Electric City council about 10 years and is running against challenger Cheryl Hoffman to keep her seat. One of the projects she cares about the most is the Ice Age Park that is being built. "I've been working on the park thing for four or five years," she said, "which is to me a family thing. The city needs it, and I really want to see that done. I want people with kids and with families to come to Electric City. You're not going to do that if you don't do...
Cheryl Hoffman is running for a seat on the Electric City Council. "I chose to run because I disagree with a number of decisions the council has made," Hoffman said in an interview with The Star. "I don't think they're bad people; I don't think they're stupid people; I just disagree with some of the decisions they've made, and I think we need to rethink how we're spending the city's tax dollars and the state's tax dollars." "I disagree with the decision to close off Western Avenue," Hoffman...
Hospital gaining ground Coulee Medical Center is beating its budget for the year, having gained $1,166,551 more than it’s spent to operate through August, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Hughes reported to hospital district commissioner Monday night. A good August helped, with CMC posting three times the gain for the month that Hughes had budgeted. That $384,329 gain for August put the facility past its budgeted gain for the year by an extra $290,913. Councilmember steps down Coulee Dam Councilmember Marcia Warnecke resigned that position last m...