Grand Coulee passes empty building rule

Grand Coulee is putting owners of empty buildings on notice.

The city council passed Ordinance 1105 last month, after several months of discussion, to require owners of vacant buildings to register them with the city, which could at some point start leveling initially small penalties.

“Once again, we’re not trying to go after anybody here,” said Councilmember Tom Poplawski. “It’s to gain some awar...