Can a single policy shift reverse decades of partnership, threaten already vulnerable species, and reopen old sores simultaneously? That’s what happened when the Trump administration abruptly withdrew ...

New report comes as Washington is in drought, the already-low snowpack is quickly melting and once-rare toxic algae blooms ...

New Columbia River water is available to Columbia Basin farmers who pump from rapidly declining groundwater wells. However, there's no system yet to bring the water to most of those farmers, and ...

General Gen. George W. Goethals, the man credited with building the Panama Canal, arrived in Spokane to evaluate another project with massive potential: the Columbia Basin irrigation project.

The federal government is doing what once had been unthinkable: Building a new stretch of pipeline and draining more water from the Columbia River system to aid farmers. The pipeline is approved ...

It’s the last of $79 million that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dedicated to improving the health of the Columbia River Basin since 2021, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

All in all, the Columbia River basin is one of the largest in the country and covers an area of over 87,000 square miles. That covers about 36 percent of the state of Washington alone.

May 24—OTHELLO — The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District was joined by landowners, key partners and elected officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the EL 86.4 system Monday, according ...

On Sept. 18, 2023, the presence of quagga mussels was confirmed within the Snake River near the town of Twin Falls, Idaho, during regular invasive species monitoring by the Idaho State Department of A ...

Dec. 5—CASHMERE — The Columbia Basin Project is making gradual progress toward completion with significant accomplishments for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program and other milestones ...