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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.

Yesterday's culmination of the 2017 Tri-Cities Waterfollies proved to be another exciting day of H1 Unlimited Hydroplane racing on the Columbia River.

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...

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Crews have placed oil absorbent boom on the Columbia River near Wenatchee to contain an oil-like substance that has gotten into the river. The Department of Ecology said Sunday that crews have not been to determine the source of the sheen since it was first spotted on the river Friday evening...