RICHLAND, Wash - The sockeye salmon fishing limits along the Hanford Reach and Upper Columbia River have been reduced due to ...

When it comes to government transparency and the Hanford nuclear site, the stakes couldn’t be higher for people who rely on ...

The scenic Columbia River and its wildlife attract visitors while a $2-billion-a-year cleanup of the area continues. In Hanford, Wash., the country's most polluted nuclear reactor site draws ...

Hanford workers take apart a cask in the transfer bay at Hanford’s K West Basin, which is about 400 yards from the Columbia River, as work started in 2009 to deal with radioactive sludge.

Hanford nuclear reservation workers are deliberately driving chromium contamination down to groundwater to speed cleanup and protect the Columbia River that flows through the federal nuclear site ...

The Hanford Reach of the Columbia River is gearing up for its 2025 salmon fishing season, a prime opportunity for anglers to reel in sockeye in one of Washington’s most scenic waterways. Kicking off ...

The Hanford Reach National Monument is a gem in central Washington, home of old nuclear reactors as well as the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River.

An Oregon-based nonprofit filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Energy, claiming the department is not being transparent with potential plans to develop the Hanford site in ...

Work to keep uranium from leaching into the Columbia River at Hanford just north of Richland is being expanded after a test showed good results. Wells are being drilled now to inject a solution ...

Here is the latest Columbia River Hanford Reach fishing report by Paul Hoffarth, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist in Pasco: During the month of March anglers landed 764 steelhead ...

Workers started preparing to clean up a highly radioactive spill beneath the Hanford site 324 Building near Richland and the Columbia River in 2017. The spill was recently found to be much larger ...

Bruce Bjornstad gives us a geologic tour from an outlook on the White Bluffs overlooking the Columbia River and Hanford. June 26, 2025. contribute now. About OPB. Public media funding.