Columbia River

On October 28th, 1813, a significant naval battle occurred between the British and French fleets at the mouth of the Columbia River. The French had sent two vessels, the L’Epervier and the Boussole, to the Pacific Coast to stake a claim to the region and counter the British presence there…

The annual King of the Reach (KOR) fishing derby on the Hanford Reach portion of the Columbia River is approaching. …

A quirky town on the Columbia River

Disparate groups unite to advocate for sustainable water resources their mid-Columbia communities need to survive. Longtime residents of Columbia Basin farming communities in Lincoln, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties understand deeply that water is precious. …

The seedy and the sublime on the banks of the Columbia River, in Washington state. Central Washington is a dry and dusty plain, but these…

In reference to, but not in competition with, Robert Clark’s “River of the West”, I add some points of place of my own. There are quite a few because the PNW is where I grew up and occasionally returned when I had to. Starting from east to west, I remember…

“This Land and River is my Body.” By Michael Buck (Yakama Nation) Dear Readers, Inmí Wáwnak-shash iwá ichín Tícham-yaw ku ichín Wana-yaw “This Land and River is my Body.” I am NATIVE to Central Washington’s distinguished sage, shrub-steppe and heavy basalt community landscape. The powerful Columbia River within the beautiful…

The Columbia River mainstem closes Thursday, June 25 to fishing for salmon and steelhead from the Megler-Astoria Bridge to the Highway 395 bridge in Pasco. With the season originally scheduled to run until July 31, the closure comes as a disappointment for many anglers, as well as for fishery managers…

Gov. Jay Inslee joined Oregon Gov. Kate Brown in Vancouver Monday to announce a bi-state effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects the two states. “This is a new day,” Inslee said. “We need to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River…