I used to work at a sporting goods store, here locally in the Wenatchee Valley. Day in and day out, we would hear of stories from the Columbia River, Potholes Reservoir, to distant lakes.
In the 2022 Legislative Session, the State House and Senate passed HB 1530 which authorize the creation of another special license plate for Washingtonians to purchase.
The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has delivered the good news that the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to open Jan. 15th.
Some landowners near Moses Lake will be paying $618,000 in fines for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons from the declining Odessa aquifer.
DEER PARK, Ore. (AP) — Coast Guard officials say one man was rescued after his sailboat capsized on the Columbia River near Deer Island, Oregon.
Coast Guard Station Portland crewmembers responded Monday evening after a people on a tug boat reported that the approximately 12-foot sailboat capsized...
LONGVIEW (AP) — State and federal officials have started cleanup and restoration of a site on the Oregon side of the Columbia River that turned into a mooring area for more than two dozen derelict vessels in recent years.
U.S. Coast Guard officials tell The Daily News that the first part of the project that started Thursday near Goble involves removing hazardous substances that include fuel, asbes
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — Police say a Seattle woman who was reported missing in March has been found dead in the Columbia River.
Hood River police say the body of 27-year-old Holly Lester was found Monday evening.
She was reported missing from Hood River on March 18...
YAKIMA (AP) — The Yakama Nation says one of its members died on a sea lion count mission after his boat capsized on the Columbia River.
The Yakima-Herald Republic reports the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission's announcement on Wednesday said 56-year-old Greg George died after being taken to a Portland hospital for treatment of unspecific injuries...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A bill introduced in Congress would allow some Northwest Indian tribes to kill a limited number of sea lions that prey on endangered salmon in the Columbia River.
The bipartisan bill was introduced last weekend by U...