Washington's emergency management officials say the state's dam system is successfully controlling flood levels while managing pressure on the dams. As heavy rainfall continues to impact the region, ...

Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., has filed a package of nine bills to reverse parts of a new agreement that he sees as the de facto breaching of the lower Snake River dams and to remind the White House who ...

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EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) – A 65-foot-long crack in a Columbia River dam in central Washington has prompted officials to begin lowering the water level by 20 feet so inspectors can get a better idea of how ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee put his signature to three bills recently that reach into Washington’s southeastern corner. On Tuesday, he signed a pair of budget bills that included funding that will ...

Federal agencies will take a new look at the findings of a four-year, $55 million federal study completed in 2020 that rejected calls to tear down the four lower Snake River dams. A coalition of ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- An eastern Washington man has been arrested on federal charges accusing him of threatening to blow up Grand Coulee Dam. Richard Vialpando, 40, is charged with nine counts of ...

Republicans will question federal officials this week on the fate of four dams in eastern Washington that tribes and environmentalists have sought to breach to restore fish populations and uphold ...

Federal regulators have been dispatched to Washington state to review a 65-foot-long crack discovered in a major dam, utility officials said. At only two inches wide, the crack was found by divers on ...