People swim and play in the Big River at Rockford Park on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Jefferson County where water funneled through an opening in a former dam creates dangerous currents. Most of the ...

On Friday afternoon, the federal government responded to calls to intervene in PG&E’s process to remove the Scott and Cape Horn dams on the Eel River, which could delay the removal. The USDA filed a ...

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream. Big dams have big downsides, including killing salmon and ...

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 ...

Army Corps of Engineers is controlling five dams to reduce downstream flood risks in WA. Mud Mountain Dam, the closest to Pierce County, provides protection for Sumner and others. The Corps is trying ...

WSU review finds state dam-breaching models unrealistic and insufficient. Breaching plans require billion-dollar rail terminals, farms and property impacts. Removing dams would force costly power ...

ICE HARBOR DAM — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in the Tri-Cities this week on a tour of some of Washington state's energy infrastructure, including a dam on the Lower Snake River. The ...

Every year, Washington’s wheat fields produce over 144 million bushels of grain—enough to fill more than 144,000 tractor-trailers. However, getting that wheat from Eastern Washington to customers ...

Two dams in Washington state are being actively monitored by the Washington Department of Ecology’s dam safety division, as sustained rain has swelled and battered them with debris. Over the past week ...

Federal vaccine advisers voted on Friday to delay routine Hepatitis B vaccination in infants, moving the United States closer in line with Western Europe and further out of step with global practice.