You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that ...

A map of all Columbia River Basin dams. (Illustration courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration) Columbia River Treaty, ...

The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower in the shared Columbia River Basin as President Donald Trump ...

Earlier this year, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council announced it had fallen more than halfway short of its longtime goal of 5 million fish returning to the Columbia River Basin each year.

Because Washington shares a 427-mile border with Canada, it is not surprising that President Donald Trump’s bizarre feud with our neighbors to the north has a large impact on our state.