For 50 years, the state has advised against eating Hudson River fish due to PCB contamination. Environmentalists say the ...

Luke Jenisch shined on the mound as Columbia River was the lone Clark County team to capture a bracket title at the Clark ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 31 salmon boats and 21 ...

A scheduled draw-down at the Rodman Reservoir, northwest of the Ocala National Forest and bordering Marion and Putnam Counties, revealed a secret landscape along the Ocklawaha River: hidden spring ...

Indian tribes in western Washington warn salmon ecosystems are being destroyed faster than they can be restored.

I’ve been reading rivers my whole adult life and have spent 22 years guiding around the west, mostly in Idaho on the Salmon ...

Hydropower was long the country’s leading source of renewable energy, but it was passed in 2019 by wind and in 2025 by utility-scale solar. It’s still significant, though, with 5.6 percent of U.S.

The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules: No more than 250 words We reserve the right to reject letters that are ...

In the ongoing saga of the Colorado River water shortage, your March 1 article, “Dam’s failure foreseen,” left out important history. In the early 1960s, according to a Sierra Club book, ““The Place ...

Owned and operated by the Metropolitan Sewerage District (MSD), Woodfin’s Craggy Dam has stood in the French Broad River since 1904. Now, with its aging hydropower system facing more than $3 million ...

COUGAR DAM, Ore. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning a significant water release through Cougar Dam, which is expected to impact the South Fork McKenzie River. Visitors and river users are ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...