columbia river

Call it determination. Call it follow through. Or just call it pure stubbornness. One Tri-Cities man has found a way to beat the heat and the cold. He’s jumped in the Columbia River for 300 months straight

A new federal tool called TRAC is helping lawmakers, tribal nations and even watchdogs see how contamination is moving underground in southeastern Washington.

A new exhibit at the Maryhill Museum of Art hopes to bring the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge to the world.

Lead contamination is the main concern along popular rivershore and recreational sites

Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Fort Simcoe Historical State Park on Yakama Nation lands.

Federal government studies Columbia River in Washington, Shenandoah River in Virginia, Escalante National Monument in Utah and the American River in California for toxic algae.

President Biden today directed federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant wild salmon populations to the Columbia River Basin. The presidential memorandum says tribal treaties need to be honored.

In a historic agreement, the federal government announced Thursday it will fund tribal efforts to bring salmon back to the Upper Columbia River. Two massive dams have blocked salmon from that part of the river for close to a century.

Toxic algae has been found in the Columbia River for the third week in a row in the Tri-Cities, Washington. Algae can be harmful to people swimming, ingesting or coming in contact with the water, as well as animals.

Dead & Company start playing the Gorge July 7th. It’s the first large event at the venue since a deadly, double-murder shooting incident and two more that were shot. The electronic rave incident is just the latest violence at the popular music spot. Drug related deaths, sexual assaults and even a car that ran over campers has marred the fun in the past. Is there enough security at “Heaven’s Amphitheatre?” Gorge goers have mixed opinions.