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The city of Grand Coulee has signed an impound agreement with Moses Lake Towing. Mayor Paul Townsend said Tuesday that the city now has the ability to get rid of abandoned cars on city streets. The agreement allows Moses Lake Towing to pick up reported abandoned vehicles and charge the registered owners any fees connected to the impound. The notification for impound service will come from the city’s code enforcement officer or the police department, Townsend said. Under the agreement, Moses Lake Towing will be free to pursue collection of c... Full story
Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Chief Richard Paris advised the council last week that ambulance calls will likely hit 400 for the year. He said that as of Nov. 15 the department had answered 347 calls, about normal. Paris also reported that during the month of October the department had 34 calls, including five in Coulee Dam and 21 in Grand Coulee. He said the ambulance had eight calls to transport patients. The department had three fire calls: a trailer fire, a fuel spill and an active-shooter drill at Coulee Medical Center. Paris said the... Full story
Cary Rosenbaum II was among the “40 under 40” award winners honored during the 40th Annual Indian Progress in Business Awards (INPRO) Gala at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino in Santa Fe, New Mexico Nov. 16. The awards are part of the Reservation Economic Summit New Mexico (RES New Mexico), a regional event for the premier economic development gathering in Indian Country. The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) announced its 2016 class of “Native American 40 Under 40” award recipients. The award from th... Full story
Okanogan County’s close elections will end up seating two new commissioners in January, Chris Branch and Andy Hover. The vote count posted Tuesday by the county auditor’s office showed Branch with 55.25 percent of the 16,361 votes, to incumbent Sheilah Kennedy’s 44.75 percent to take the District 1 seat. Hover won with 51.68 percent of the vote to take the District 2 seat over Ashley Thrasher.... Full story
A major project at a local state park is on hold while a less extensive upgrade will move forward. A project to replace three of Steamboat Rock State Park’s five wet/dry pit sewer stations will begin late in November and continue through the winter, park spokesman Tony Ratoco said last week. An East Wenatchee firm, KRCI, successfully bid the $675,300 project. Three of the old pit stations date from 1973-74, when the park first opened. Two other pit stations are newer and are not included in the upcoming project. The project will not i... Full story
Nespelem, WA—An amount equal to the Colville Tribes’ “Ramah settlement” will be distributed to Tribal members through per capita payments on December 5, Colville Business Council Chairman Dr. Michael Marchand said today. “The Colville Business Council has determined that a per capita distribution in an amount equal to the Tribes’ Ramah settlement funds will be made our Tribal members,” Marchand said. “We intend to take that step as soon as possible.” The Tribes’ share of the Ramah settlement, reached in the class action case of Ramah Navaj...
The Bureau of Reclamation Grand Coulee Dam is anticipating construction of its new fire station this spring, but there will be several changes before construction begins, the agency said in a press release. On Nov. 21, the speed limit will be lowered from 40 mph to 30 mph on the section of SR-155 that passes the Grand Coulee Industrial Area facilities, where heavy equipment and construction vehicles will enter and exit the highway at Industrial Road for approximately 18 months after... Full story
A 2017 Coulee Pioneer Museum calendar will feature pictures of the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam, museum promoter Birdie Hensley said this week. The calendar is dedicated to the men and women who worked on that huge project, the 50th anniversary for which is Jan. 3, 2017, Hensley stated. Calendars are $10 and are available through Hensley, as is membership in the museum. The calendar is full of historical dates of the overall Grand Coulee Dam project. Typical of the historic dates is the arrival of 3,000 Coulee Dam souvenir coins on... Full story
American Legion Post 157 will give away winter clothing this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Vets Center in Electric City. The Vets Center has collected and repaired over 100 winter coats during the summer and these will be available free to those coming on Saturday. Legion Adjutant Shawn Neider said Tuesday that winter hats and gloves also available free. The Legion gathers these articles through donations made by local citizens who give articles to the Vets Center for sale during the Legion’s Saturday garage sales during the s... Full story
The coulee’s bearded guest will be at North Dam Park about 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, as part of a 3-5 p.m., community Christmas celebration, said Birdie Hensley, one of the organizers. There will be music, a cake walk for kids, a tree lighting, and treats galore. Members of the Community Choir will provide music to help get people in the holiday mood. The Moose Lodge and the city of Electric City will have coffee, hot dogs, and hot chocolate to cut the chill, and children are asked to create Christmas ornaments to place on the park’s Chr... Full story
The Veterans Day "free" breakfast last Friday raised some $1,200 toward upgrades on the Lake Roosevelt High School football scoreboard, and a new banner to go with it, officials reported Monday. Lake Roosevelt had about $1,000 already raised for the scoreboard work, and Friday's contributions at the free breakfast raised another $1,200, said Shawn Neider, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, himself a veteran and adjutant of American Legion Post 57, which put on the breakfast. Frank Ayers, on... Full story
Coulee Dam’s sidewalks are in need of repair and the town will have to decide how to fund a longterm solution or to make smaller repairs a few at at a time. Solutions discussed at the town council’s preliminary budget hearing last week ranged from putting off buying a new snow plow in favor of repairing heaving walkways to adding a sidewalk fee to the monthly utility bill. “The town is basically running out of money to fix the sidewalks, prune the trees and do everything else,” including keep staffed-up police and fire departments with the requ... Full story
With 6,500 ballots left to count, two races for county commissioner seats in Okanogan County are still up in the air. The county’s election department issued the latest count taken Monday afternoon, which showed fewer than 700 votes separating the contenders for both District 1 and District 2 commission seats. Current District 1 Commissioner Sheilah Kennedy, who represents this southern end of the county, is trailing challenger Chris Branch by just 667 votes, 5,575 to 4,908. In the race for the District 2 seat to represent the western half of t... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 11/7 - An Electric City man reported to police that someone threw something into the path of his vehicle and broke the windshield. - A dog that constantly barks at a residence on E. Grand Coulee Avenue attracted police again. The owner of the dog had been cited earlier; still the complaints come in. No one was home at the time, so the police are going to issue another citation. - Police checked on a report of a dog being neglected on Dill Avenue. The dog was tangled in his leash, but it appeared to be too aggressive to it... Full story
The Care & Share Food Bank will be open Tuesday, November 22nd at 1 p.m. and closed on Friday, November 25th for Thanksgiving.... Full story
A former Electric City man and owner of local exercise facility, Body by Dam, reportedly turned himself in at the Grant County Sheriff’s Office last Thursday after charges were filed alleging he assaulted local police last April. He had been listed as a fugitive and had disappeared, along with his 7-year-old daughter, after charges were filed against him for alleged assault on three Grand Coulee police officers. Grant County authorities asserted that Lyle A. Floyd, 47, had been having some mental health issues and had made threats against l... Full story
With more than a third of the ballots left to count Tuesday night, Chris Branch’s bid to take Sheila Kennedy’s District 1 seat on the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners was ahead 53 percent to 47 percent. In Grant County, Superior Court Judge David Estudillo’s bid to keep his job was hanging on by a 1.42-percent margin. Branch was leading 3,613 votes to Kennedy’s 3,199. The county Auditor’s Office said 7,427 ballots remain to be counted, plus ballots from drop boxes. The next count will occur Monday by 5 p.m. Another close margin separates... Full story
Savannah Hobrecht, right, wasn't too traumatized playing a shooting victim during an exercise Saturday at Coulee Medical Center designed to get multiple agencies prepared for an "active shooter" in case one ever strikes the hospital. The drill attracted some 14 agencies from the region, including fire, law enforcement and emergency medical services, plus participants from Quincy and Tonasket. Treating Hobrecht at one of four triage stations outside the hospital, this one in the parking lot of... Full story
The Bureau of Reclamation is extending the public comment period for a proposed multi-year powerplant overhaul project at two Grand Coulee Dam powerhouses. The initial 30-day comment period ended Nov. 7; however, at the public’s request, it has been extended to Nov. 21. Reclamation is requesting public and agency input to help identify issues to be addressed in an environmental assessment for the proposed project to overhaul the 18 generating units in the left and right powerhouses. The 18 generating units and three station service units h... Full story
John Nordine is living proof that the third time is the charm. That's how many times he tried to enlist in the Army before he was accepted. The first two times, John was rejected because he was just under 5 feet tall and just under 100 pounds. The third time John tried, he had a little help from a helpful doctor who measured his height while he was wearing cowboy boots and weighed him with all his clothes on, of which he had plenty. "I measured five feet and a quarter inch and just over 100... Full story
Jess Ford in Grand Coulee has purchased Damskov Auto Sales in Omak. This will be the third auto store under the Jess family name. The Omak location is 707 Okama Drive, and will eventually become Jess Auto. “We have taken over operations of the Omak agency while all the final details are concluded,” Wade Jess said Monday. The Jess family purchased its Grand Coulee operation from L.F. “Buss” Carlson in 1991, and the Ford dealership on Grand Avenue in Pullman, Washington, in 2004. Speaking of the Damskov purchase, Wade Jess said that his son, Co... Full story
Bike raffle to benefit parks Two bicycles are being raffled off, with the proceeds to benefit Electric City parks. The drawing for the bikes will be Dec. 3 at the Lake Roosevelt School Bazaar. Tickets are $1 each and are available through Lonna Bussert and Birdie Hensley. Big football send-off planned With Lake Roosevelt High School’s football team headed to the first round of the state tournament Friday, fans are planning a streetside send-off for the team to see as they leave town. Andrea Marconi said the team will depart LR at 2:30 p.m. a... Full story
A 100-year-old Odessa man, who was the oldest living man known to work on Grand Coulee Dam, has died. Edwin Kerns, who in his latter years, returned to Grand Coulee Dam on his birthday, May 25, passed away Nov. 3. His full obituary is on page four in this week’s Star Newspaper. Employees at the Visitor Center honored Kerns each year when he returned to view Grand Coulee Dam, and especially last May 25, on his 100th birthday. Kerns worked on the dam from 1935 to 1939. While here on his 100th birthday, Kerns received best wishes from the VC s... Full story
EPHRATA — Grant PUD Commissioners adopted a $307.3 million budget for 2017 during their meeting on Nov. 8, the PUD announced Tuesday night. The budget outlines funding so Grant PUD’s 47,000 customers will continue to be served with affordable and reliable energy. “Our 2017 budget reflects a commitment to long-term value creation for all customers,” said General Manager Kevin Nordt. “Our customers have been very clear in what they seek — safe, reliable energy at a stable and predictable price.” Along with paying for the daily costs to oper... Full story
The Star is accepting letters of nomination for the 2016 Volunteer of the Year through Nov. 30. The annual honor is given to one person in the community who exemplifies the spirit of working selflessly for a cause or just helping those who need it. Anyone who volunteers his or her time and talent for the good of someone else is eligible, whether in the public eye or not. Nominations for groups of people will not be accepted. The entire community will comprise the selection committee. Letters of nomination will be posted online, and everyone... Full story