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

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

A catamaran capsized on the Columbia River near Kalama on Sunday, prompting a water rescue, according to the Cowlitz County ...

A heat advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Monday at 1:14 p.m. in effect until Tuesday at 9 p.m. for ...

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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 ...

West Columbia officials have secured FEMA funding to repair parts of the city's riverwalk, which have remained closed since ...

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 ...

West Columbia has received approval to begin final repairs on the riverwalk starting July 14. WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Officials ...

Seattle, WA (Grist) — The move threatens treaty rights and salmon recovery as energy demands from AI and crypto surge.