Some of the recreation areas associated with dams on the Snake River will reopen for the fall season after being closed earlier in the year due to staffing shortages. 

A new cap on federal reimbursement of state energy programs threatens energy efficiency and energy grid resiliency itself, according to a lawsuit filed by Washington’s attorney general along with 17 other states and the District of Columbia. 

Highlights from the state’s first year of documenting native pollinators include a record-size carpenter bee found in Benton County and the discovery of a bee species in central Washington that was previously known only from colonies in the Tri-Cities area. 

Franklin County, along with Grant County, recorded no precipitation in June, making it the driest June on record. 

A national trade organization is excited to shine the spotlight on Hanford federal business opportunities at an upcoming conference in the Tri-Cities.

A higher than anticipated run of summer Chinook salmon will allow for recreational fishing in the Upper Columbia River, though the state has further limited daily sockeye catches in the Upper and Mid-Columbia due to fewer fish than expected. 

It’s now illegal in Washington to buy or sell English ivy, the fast-growing, climbing vine that can weaken and kill trees and overtake native plants.

Workers have begun dismantling the Columbia Park Marina ahead of the removal of the causeway connecting Bateman Island to the Richland shoreline. 

A source of between a quarter to one third of the irrigation water used across eastern Washington is shrinking right beneath our feet, according to recent research conducted by Washington State University. 

The incomprehensible challenge is how to generate enough greenhouse gas-free electricity for our growing demands without nuclear power production and by taking out major hydropower projects.