Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

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

A decreased forecast for returns of sockeye salmon has Washington fishery managers moving to limit angling for them in the Upper Columbia River starting on Monday. The Washington Department of Fish ...

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

Oregon nonprofit Columbia Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy alleging a FOIA violation over information related to plans to develop the Hanford nuclear site.

The Hanford site, which the Columbia River flows through, was left contaminated by radioactive and hazardous chemical waste after producing nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s ...

Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental group focused on the Columbia River, has sued the Department of Energy for not releasing Hanford nuclear site documents requested a year ago.

Workers are preparing to start construction on an 11th disposal cell, called a “super cell” because it and two others are twice the size of each of the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility’s ...

The 2025 Columbia River sockeye forecast is 350,200, slightly above the 10-year average, and expected to provide a good return. Fisheries on the mainstem at and above Hanford Reach and above ...