PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Fire and Rescue reported a boat fire on the Columbia River near Flagg Island on July 5. The ...

For most of the past two years, Jesse Allen has worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week operating a crane to move ...

RICHLAND, Wash - The sockeye salmon fishing limits along the Hanford Reach and Upper Columbia River have been reduced due to ...

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A 40-year-old woman fell off her paddleboard and drowned in the Columbia River Saturday morning, the Skamania County ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

The medical examiner has confirmed the identity of the person recovered from the Columbia River at the end of May.

Toxic algae has been detected at the family fishing pond at the east end of Columbia Park in Kennewick, posing a risk to dogs ...

A body that was recovered from the Columbia River in late May belonged to a missing Vancouver man, the medical examiner ...

Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and electrical generation and flood control in the United States. Negotiations of a 60-year-old treaty between ...