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The Lake Roosevelt Culinary Arts program will offer a pork chili verde fundraiser at 5 p.m. Jan. 30, which will be followed by the Levy Town Hall meeting at 6 p.m., where people can learn and discuss the proposed school levy. They will be both be in the Hub at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School....
A new team of federal personnel attended the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District meeting at the old middle school Jan. 22, to meet with district commissioners and get a sense of how to move forward during a transition. Bill Dykes, Stefani Utter, Chloe Johnson and Lauriann Mountjoy, all with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are the new resources group that will work with the district that currently oversees North Dam Park, which is owned by Reclamation. "We're here to see what are options and...
A state agency has raised the question with Electric City of whether it might consider re-annexing some of the land it de-annexed last year after annexing it several years ago. Mayor Diane Kohout told the city council last week that some of the land the city had been advised could not be developed into valuable real estate actually could be. Land owned by the state's Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, can be developed with local partners. In fact, the land on which Sunbanks Lake Resort...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Legislators are considering financially supporting police departments large and small as they try to hire new officers in the name of boosting public safety. Speaking at a hearing in the Senate Law and Justice Committee Tuesday morning, State Senator Jeff Holy (R-Cheney) said Seattle police had one of their best recruiting years in 2024, drawing in 84 new officers. However, he said a large number of existing officers left, ultimately adding two or three officers on net. "...
Local voters will be asked to decide whether to approve continuing to tax themselves to support schools next month. The election date is Feb. 11. Mail-in ballots were to be mailed yesterday, Jan. 22, but the Post Office says to allow a week for your ballot to arrive. The Grand Coulee Dam School District is seeking a levy of about $2.13 per thousand dollars of assessed property value. That would replace the current levy, which expires at the end of 2025. The new one would bring in over $967,461 in 2026 and rise yearly if property values continue...
The Yes Committee will be meeting Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:45 PM at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School in room C105 in support of the replacement levy vote. To get involved, email josephtynan3@gmail.com or just show up ready to support our schools!...
Early morning sun Tuesday gives the top of Grand Coulee Dam a warm, deceptive glow that gives little hint of 13 degrees. For local weather expectations, see weather on thi page.. - Gwen Hilson photo...
If you notice a few 10th-graders in the greater downtown Coulee Dam area around lunchtime next week, they're not skipping school. The Grand Coulee Dam school board Monday voted to give the class of 2027 an off-campus priveleges trial period. The decision followed a presentation by the class officers asking for relief from a decision made about some earlier sophomore class that apparently had had discipline issues off campus. "We have never had a chance to go out and prove ourselves," Jaci Clark...
Elmer City leaders will consider a method of building in minimal annual raises on utility rates to keep from falling behind costs of providing the services. City Clerk/Treasurer Kelly Ross asked the town council Thursday to consider the step and hold a public hearing on it at the scheduled February meeting. The council approved a resolution for increasing the percentage of water and sewer service sales that is sent to the city’s reserve funds from 1.5% to 2.5%. Ross suggested a $1 annual increase on each rate for garbage collection, sewer, a...
Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson unveiled a budget-cutting plan to ease a projected $12 billion statewide budget deficit during a 2025 legislative preview in Olympia Jan. 9. "Washingtonians expect that we will increase revenue as a last resort. I will not contemplate additional revenue options until we have exhausted efforts to improve efficiency," Ferguson said. Estimates of the deficit vary widely, from $7 billion to $15 billion. To make up the deficit, Ferguson proposes cutting spending by 6% of the...
Washington state voters want legislators to cut spending but also support spending more on specific programs, according to a recent poll. “People are not anti-government,” said pollster Stuart Elway during a legislative preview session Jan. 9. “People want government to work and to provide needed services but done efficiently and effectively.” Elway established the Cascade PBS/Elway Poll in 1992. This year, 403 registered voters across Washington state were surveyed between Dec. 26 and 30, with phone calls, text messages and online survey...
Electric City Clerk Peggy Nevsimal told the city council Tuesday that all security provisions are now turned on at city hall after seeing what Grand Coulee’s city hall endured at the hands of a vandal earlier this month. That city, which just postponed its next city council meeting, suffered damage inside and out its headquarters when an individual was found breaking windows and walls, according to police. Damage was considerable. Nevsimal said Electric City has had Ring doorbell cameras for a long time, but other measures, such as motion s...
Star reader Robert Fields promised last June in a letter to the editor that if by the end of July a pile of scrapped used concrete eyesore had not been moved he would be calling regional Bureau of Reclamation authorities for an explanation. On Tuesday, Fields took this photo of that pile being removed from alongside SR-174 near the 230 Switchyard, which is now owned by the Bonneville Power Administration. - Robert Fields photo...
In a historic light show, various colors of blue, green, red and amber lit up Grand Coulee Dam for New Year's Eve, decades after a fire ruined the display's control panel. The light show will continue to illuminate the dam from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., nightly until March 6. The Bureau of Reclamation Visitor Center has a free parking area for viewing. The Bureau of Reclamation recommissioned the historic light show on the spillway of Grand Coulee Dam from 5 to 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve, a landmark...
When he approached the broken city hall front door from the inside late Saturday night, the suspect in widespread vandalism there saw the targeting dots on his chest from an officer's taser and immediately complied with an order to lie down. Coulee Dam's Officer Mathew Ponusky, driving by on patrol just before 11 p.m., had noticed the broken glass door on the front of the building and stopped to investigate. Ponusky could hear glass breaking at the southwest corner of the building, and, looking...
Accountability and words like it came up repeatedly during a special meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Monday night as they hashed out their priorities among a list of recommendations for strengthening the district in a new report. The “Performance Audit Report” commissioned by Superintendent Rod Broadnax is barely 16 pages but intends to offer “a basis for discussion and a roadmap for the future.” The report by “Burns/ Van Fleet” of Houston, Texas, is based on a review of district policies and documents,...
GRANT COUNTY, WA – It's cold and flu season, and some viruses have crossed a threshold public health people watch, say Grant County Health District experts. Grant County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny, has announced the official start of the 2024/2025 respiratory virus season. Influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity in Grant County and across the region has been increasing and recently exceeded respiratory illness seasonal thresholds. COVID-19 activity has r...
STCU is kicking off the new year with an unprecedented effort to help families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – a critical step for anyone who may decide to obtain specialized career training or attend college at any point after high school. In January and February, the credit union is offering FAFSA assistance after hours at STCU branch locations throughout Eastern Washington and North Idaho. In all, there will be a record 50 free events – including 24 in Spokane and Northeastern Washington, 10 in North Idaho, 4 in Tri...
M OLYMPIA — Dec. 24, 2024 — Celebrate the new year with Washington State Parks during our annual First Day Hikes events on Jan. 1, 2025. More than 30 state parks will host staff-led and self-guided hikes, snowshoe excursions, trail rides, polar plunges, scavenger hunts and more on New Year’s Day. First Day Hikes events vary in difficulty, ranging from smooth, flat ADA-accessible trails to moderate hill climbs. A few parks will offer multiple hikes catering to different interests and abilities. Additionally, several hikes will include talks...
Coulee Dam Police 12/19 - A Grand Coulee officer assisted Coulee Dam Police with a call on Grand Avenue in Electric City. Allegedly, a man had been fighting with a woman about cigarettes, resulting in him throwing her to the ground at one point, throwing items at her, and also taking her phone and purse. The two had been in a dating relationship and were hired to clean a place on Grand Avenue. The Grand Coulee officer was at the situation first and was trying to separate the man and woman. The man reportedly was trying to fight the Grand...
January 7, 1610, using a hand-built telescope, Galileo Galilei discovered the planet Jupiter and four moons orbiting the planet. His first observation led him to believe he was observing a group of stars. After a few weeks, Galileo determined that he was seeing not stars, rather objects in orbit around Jupiter. His discovery provided evidence for the Copernican understanding of the universe. That is, everything in existence did not move around the Earth. Source(s): The Star archives Compiled by Bob Valen...
The Bureau of Reclamation, in accordance with 43 CFR 423 Subpart B, is providing public notice announcing the temporary closure of Reclamation owned lands at Osborn Bay near Electric City, WA from Jan. 31, 2025, through Feb. 6, 2025. Camping and outdoor recreation will not be permitted on Reclamation land surrounding Osborn Bay on the east side of Highway 155 during this period. For more information, please contact Julie McPherson at jmmcpherson@usbr.gov....
You may have noticed the crisp, new, decorative, LED lights spanning even the back of Grand Coulee Dam in seasonal spirit lately. Well now, we learn of a retro look with a gathering to celebrate the return of what for some is an old favorite: the huge colorful light bank that used to light the front of the dam nightly in the summer. We're speculating their could be a funding tie-in? Either way, be in the park below the Visitor Center Dec. 31, from 5 p.m. on to witness, celebrate and remember. -...
. 10. Details of those meetings will be posted on the project website early in the new year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. To learn more about the project or to submit public comment, visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website. This article was first published by the Idaho Capital Sun, part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Idaho Capital Sun maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Christina Lords for questions:...
Dec. 14, the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department ambulance team gathered recognized their volunteers and their families for all they do, including not giving up for the community.Fred Netzel received a certificate for most ambulance calls. Tyler Donn received one for most fire calls. Ayden Donn received the rookie firefighter of the year. Kristen Cannon received the Terry Sieker Firefighter of the Year Award, for her continued contributions as a firefighter and general great attitude. Nicole...