columbia river

Each Spring, Northwest tribes celebrate the first foods of the season. At a Colville ceremony marking the return of migrating salmon, ecological challenges were top of mind.

The Columbia River has long divided the two halves of Washington's cross-state Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. Now, a rebuilt rail trestle over the river south of Vantage connects the two sides making it easier for cyclists, horse riders and hikers to undertake a spectacular east-west journey.

Columbia River fish could have another challenge to their ecosystem. Growing numbers of American shad could challenge salmon and steelhead.

Environmental groups plan to pause their 20-year legal battle to protect salmon.

Small ship cruise lines are pressing ahead with plans to restart overnight cruises on the Columbia and Snake rivers, around Puget Sound and in Alaska.…

A new energy storage project is in the works near eastern Washington’s Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River. The project is expected to bring…

If you live at the foot of a dam – or downriver – you may wonder what could happen if an earthquake rumbled nearby. Dam managers say it’s something…

Cormorants by the thousands have taken up residence under the landmark Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Their poop can corrode the bridge…

A large public art project proposed to be built beside the now-inundated great falls of the Columbia River has been put on indefinite hold by its…

Crews have finished drilling around 230 core samples in Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington state.This several-months-long…