dams

Two eastern Washington members of Congress are promoting hydropower as a mainstay in the future of clean energy. The bill they’re sponsoring would expand…

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…

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

Towns in central and northeast Washington are under flood watches as rivers swell from rapid snowmelt in the mountains.In the small Washington border town…

A nearly 100 year-old dam near Leavenworth, Washington, is under heavy pressure from melting snow this week and officials are warning downstream residents…

Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River in southeast Washington state has multiple leaks and structural problems.The dam is made up of large sections of…

In Central Washington, Grant Public Utility District officials have declared what they’re calling a “non-failure emergency” at the 1950’s-era Priest…

The White House is blocking money to build new tribal housing along the Columbia River. That’s according to five members of the Washington and Oregon…

If Northwest fish were stand-up comics, the salmon would be the headliner. And the fish that gets “no respect” would be the lamprey, an eel-like creature…

The state of the salmon population in Idaho’s Snake River was the topic of a passionate discussion during a conference hosted by members of Idaho’s Nez…