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Coulee Dam will get some sidewalks fixed when a big project moves forward this year, the result of a vote to move ahead despite higher-than-expected bids on the street project to revamp an area on the east side of town, including Cedar Street. The council accepted a bid from Moreno and Nelson Construction for $820,000 for the work, about 5 percent of which the city must pay with its own funds, about $4,900. The rest comes from the state Transportatin Investment Board. The highest bid came in at more than $1 million. Engineers had estimated...
Steve Erwin, the Crocodile Hunter; Gordon Eastman; Jacques Cousteau; Nora Jenn: these are the names of great wildlife videographers. Jenn, who lives in Coulee Dam and used to work for the National Park Service as well as the Bureau of Reclamation, films some interesting videos of animal life in our area and posts them on YouTube for all to enjoy. One video shows a coyote howling on the ice of Banks Lake, while another shows a close-up of a young bald eagle eating a fish. Eagles trying to catch...
Wrong name Randy August was the Colville Tribes employee in a photo of local leaders receiving emergency management training in Maryland last week. An incorrect last name provided appeared in a caption last week. No name Due to a layout error, Carl Russell’s name was inadvertently left off his Feb. 28 letter to the editor on “Defending the NRA....
The Colville Confederated Tribes held a groundbreaking ceremony in Nespelem on Monday for their nine new triplex housing units that are anticipated to be fully constructed in December. Between seven and eight million dollars is going toward building the triplexes, an outdoor basketball court at the location, and toward the renovations of 31 HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) houses located in Keller and Inchelium. Douglas Marconi Sr., executive director of the Colville Indian...
Grand Coulee Police 3/5 - Tribal police asked for assistance in transferring a person on a warrant to Grant County jail. Tribal police brought the man to Grand Coulee, and an officer drove him to Ephrata. 3/6 - Police went to a Crest Drive apartment in Electric City on a suspected domestic issue. The couple said they had been arguing because of being kept up by their baby crying. Police told the couple to get along. - Police stopped a Coulee Dam driver and cited him for having expired tabs. - An officer checked on a report of a shot or loud noi...
Coulee Dam wants to know if its residents would like high-speed internet access through a fiber-optic broadband network it's considering building, some of it just for its own use and savings. After researching the origin of some 96 strands of fiber that crosses the Columbia River in a city power conduit underneath the bridge, the city purchased for $34,995 the fiber that winds through west Coulee Dam, crosses the bridge and actually supplies broadband internet access to some enterprises on the...
The community will see its children perform "The Snow Queen" at this year's Missoula Children's Theater production this Saturday, March 10. Saturday will see performances at 2 p.m. and at 6 p.m., both held at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym. This will be the PTA's fifth time bringing the Missoula Children's Theatre to the Grand Coulee area. Local people attending will see some 60 local children from kindergarten through the 12th grade perform the musical. Spokesperson Kim Stout said children...
The school district’s Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) program might be coming back. The alternative school program was cut last summer due to budget crunches, but could be coming back, Superintendent Paul Turner told the school board Feb. 26. Last July, in the midst of shaping this school year budget, the district was faced with cutting some $700,000 from its staff and programs in order to present a balanced budget. On the chopping block, along with some personnel and other programs was the district’s ALE program. Turner noted that about...
A new vibe may find its way to Main Street in Grand Coulee in the form of The Wine Bar. The aptly named establishment will feature wines and food pairings, and the owners are hoping it will become a spot where people come to talk and break bread. The owners are Brad Oliver, Levi and Rachel Seekins, and Jeff Henry. Oliver and Levi Seekins have been friends since 1990, growing up in the area. Seekins and Henry played basketball together for Vanguard University. Henry resides in Paso Robles,...
Key player not interviewed The men interviewed in last week’s article “1960 G.C.H.S. teammates remember their state championship,” Kenny Hoke, Wayne Snyder, Don Kurth, and Ray Rice, said this week that they wished to express the significance to the team of Bob Pachosa, who was unable to be interviewed due to his health. “He was a key player and a big part of the team,” Hoke said, adding that Pachosa was the leading scorer in the state tournament out of any of the teams. Shortly before the championship game began, someone realized that the...
A Nespelem man wanted on several arrest warrants was finally captured Feb. 24, after a foot chase in Electric City and taken to Grant County jail. Arrested was Amos M. Staggs, 23, wanted on a felony warrant and two misdemeanor warrants. Staggs is also facing new charges of escape, obstructing a police officer, resisting arrest and criminal trespass. Police officer Levi Johnson saw Staggs standing outside Banks Lake Pub Saturday afternoon and told him he was under arrest. That’s when Staggs took off running, in spite of repeated statements that...
The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District board Monday met with a full set of commissioners Monday night for the first time in years. Above, the all-volunteer board listens to Secretary Carla Marconi, right, read the minutes of the last meeting. From left, the other commissioners are newly appointed Benjamin Hughes, Debbie Bigelow, Robert Valen (current chair and treasurer), and, also newly appointed, Kevin Portch....
An Electric City man, who had been cited earlier, was cited again Sunday — for having too many dogs. Police wrote Frank Brown, who resides at 18-B West Grand Avenue, citations for his dogs barking and and for having eight dogs on the premises. The officer’s report stated that Brown had been cited earlier for barking dogs and for having more dogs than the city ordinance allows. Electric City allows only two dogs per residence. Police were following up on a complaint of barking dogs. When the officer arrived, he looked over the fence and cou...
Grand Coulee Police 2/26 - A city employee advised police that a door was open at a Continental Heights location. An officer checked on the report and didn’t find anyone inside. He advised the owner. - Police followed a vehicle that was often used by a man known to be wanted on an arrest warrant to Electric City, where he was arrested and taken to Grant County jail. - A 23-year-old woman was stopped for driving problems, and the officer wrote citations for having no operator’s license, no insurance, and an outdated registration. A licensed driv...
A controversial gun control bill to ban bump stocks was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. SB 5922 passed both chambers in the Washington state legislature by slim margins and largely along party lines. The vote was 29-20 in the Senate and 56-41 in the House of Representatives. Gov. Inslee signed the bill on Tuesday, March 6. Starting July 1, 2018, bump stocks will be illegal to manufacture or sell, and starting July 1, 2019, the accessory will be illegal to possess. The bill also allows po...
The massacre of 17 students and staff at a high school in Florida on Valentine’s Day wasn’t far from everyone’s mind when school safety became a topic at Monday night’s school board meeting in Coulee Dam. The issue of guns in schools occupied about 15 minutes of the meeting as members of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors took the opportunity to share their thinking regarding the idea of arming teachers in local schools. School board Chair Joette Barry said Tuesday that arming teachers is not just a board issue, but it...
Having been lowered to the base of Drum Gate 2 atop Grand Coulee Dam, workers tethered to safety lines continue the work of installing temporary catwalks, like the one to the right, which will be used by workers for maintenance on the drum gates beginning March 12. - Scott Hunter photo...
Hires noted The school board made three hires and accepted one resignation at its meeting Monday night. Resigning was Gary Darnold, who will retire this year after spending his entire teaching career of 42 years in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. In his letter to the board, Darnold stated that in all his 42 years he couldn’t recall ever having a bad week. Hires included Jennifer Miley as an eight-hour-a-day custodian. She had been active as a custodian, but not in an eight-hour shift. Also hired by the board were Christopher Wonch as a fo...
Following last week’s rapid-fire vote on a bill to exempt the Legislature from state public records laws, lawmakers are going into damage control with public backlash mounting. The bill, SB 6617, explicitly exempts lawmakers from the state’s Public Records Act, and applies immediately and retroactively — meaning that existing records going back to statehood would be off limits to disclosure requests. The legislation allows disclosure of lawmakers’ calendars and communications with registered lobbyists, but only documents created after July 1,...
Grand Coulee police arrested two people and recovered a stolen vehicle at the same time when they went to a Grand Coulee apartment on Feb. 17. Arrested were Cassandra L. Graves, 27, a Grand Coulee resident, and Larry E. Fry, 19, from Nespelem. Both had Department of Corrections warrants out for them. Police officer Levi Johnson had been looking for Graves and was advised that she was at an apartment over Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille. Johnson went to that location, along with Officer Joe Higgs. A blue Chevrolet pickup truck parked alongside t...
"Welcome Home, Champs!" read the banner across Spokane Way as the team returned home. The Grand Coulee Tigers basketball team defeated the Ilwaco Fishermen for the 1960 Class B State Basketball Championship at the Spokane Coliseum, 56-54. New coach that year was Jim Savitz, and team members were Don Kurth, Bob Pachosa, Wayne Snyder, Ken Hoke, Ben Flowers, Ray Rice, Terry Mort, Mark Rauch, Bill Trefry, and Jim Green. "It was fantastic; there wasn't a soul left in town," Rice said recently about...
Public Service Employees union president Aaron Derr asked the school board Monday night, “Where’s the plan?” He reminded school board members that when he and about 40 PSE members complained about the level of support on discipline matters last November, they were told that they would receive a plan of improvement from the board within 60 days. “We have not seen or heard” of such a plan, Derr said with a prepared statement. He said that it appeared to union membership that the district was being more reactive than proactive in matters o...
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Installation Banquet on Monday at the Melody restaurant, presenting awards to the "Business of the Year" and "Achiever of the Year" for 2017. Lynda Anderson, secretary for the chamber, presented the award for Business of the Year to Jess Ford. "I've been astounded to watch the support that's come out of this year's business of the year. It's been very good for the chamber, and we're glad to have that kind of relationship," Anderson...
With less than two weeks left in the session, state lawmakers introduced a new bill in response to the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. SB 6620, and its companion in the House, HB 3004, introduced Friday, Feb. 23, would create a mechanism for students to report dangerous behavior and would require the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate grants to school districts to implement emergency response systems. It also raises the age to purchase an assault rifle from 18 to 21. The Parkland shooter was reported to be...
A Nespelem man wanted on several arrest warrants was finally captured last Saturday after a foot chase in Electric City and taken to Grant County jail. Arrested was Amos M. Staggs, 23, wanted on a felony warrant and two misdemeanor warrants. Staggs is also facing new charges of escape, obstructing a police officer, resisting arrest and criminal trespass. Police officer Levi Johnson saw Staggs standing outside Banks Lake Pub Saturday afternoon and told him he was under arrest. That’s when Staggs took off running, in spite of repeated s...