The giant Columbia River reservoir behind the Grand Coulee Dam covers almost 125 square miles, as it reaches nearly to the ...

As of mid-2025, more than 125 adult chinook salmon have returned to the Columbia River following the original release throughout the blocked areas of the Upper Columbia River. On July 8, a Chinook ...

The annual Omak Stampede Rodeo is underway, attracting thousands of visitors to the town. This event is renowned for the ...

A man and his dog were rescued from the embankment of the Spokane River near downtown on Monday evening.

Between 1894 and 1953, 19 slides were recorded near Reed Terrace, an area on the west bank of the river a few miles south of Kettle Falls and the Highway 20 bridge over the river. One of the ...

Tsunamis have hit Washington before and they will again — just not today. A massive earthquake in Russia late Tuesday triggered fears of a tsunami up and down the West Coast, but by Wednesday ...

As salmon restoration ramps up on the Columbia River above Chief Joseph Dam, it is important to establish balances between those fish already in reservoirs behind dams and salmon being introduced.

According to InciWeb, a U.S. government website that tracks wildfires and controlled burns across the country, seven ...

Kaiser pauses some gender-affirming surgeries; Kettle River salmon sighting causes celebration among Colville Tribal officials; firefighting will get harder without restored funding, says Upthegrove; ...

Suddenly, salmon disappeared from the Columbia above both barriers ... The welcome news is last spring, a juvenile Chinook salmon was confirmed in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls, BC, for the ...