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 ...

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

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

The Historic Columbia River Highway is set to close for several months as crews work to repair an area damaged by an ancient ...

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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 ...

Officials stress importance of safety gear after woman drowns paddleboarding on Columbia River and teen dies hiking at Falls ...