Wildfire near Columbia River Gorge now WA’s largest

WA’s drought deepens and the summer forecast offers no respite

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Wildfire near Columbia River Gorge now WA’s largest

July 25, 2025

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ...

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Asphalt plant on Cedar River scrapped; agreement follows long fight

July 17, 2025

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After nearly a decade of permitting, appeals, moratoriums, protests and lawsuits, local environmentalists and industry have come to an agreement ...

River bend seen in close proximity with high grass or yellow vegetation rising above the water on the opposite bank to the one on which the camera is positioned, buildings are seen in the distance and a clear blue sky overhangs the image

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Project begins outfall-by-outfall monitoring in real-time on River Roding

July 16, 2025

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A new programme aims to identify, test and fix the most damaging sewage and road run-off outfalls on a ten-mile ...

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How the Tulalip Tribes are using a helicopter to restore a salmon river

July 14, 2025

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Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ...

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Boaters carry raft 16 miles to protest how hydropower saps Kern River

July 6, 2025

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KERNVILLE, Calif. — It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled ...

The White Bluffs grace Hanford Reach National Monument, the last undammed stretch of the Columbia River. Even on this 50-mile run, the river is not truly free-flowing, but controlled by dams upstream. But the Hanford Reach has more current than any other stretch, and is home to Coyote Rapid, the river’s last murmur of whitewater. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

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How the Columbia River Basin formed over millions of years

June 30, 2025

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The Columbia Basin has been shaped by forces of unimaginable power.Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered ...

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One way to bring a river back to life? Slow it way, way down

June 26, 2025

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Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ...

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Seattle’s Duwamish River Festival canceled due to ICE concerns

June 23, 2025

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The Duwamish River Festival has been a source of joy for Magdalena Angel-Cano since the 27-year-old was a kid growing ...

Us & Canada

Yacht crashes into Hudson River harbor, injuring dozens

June 22, 2025

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Dozens of people suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon when a yacht carrying 352 passengers crashed into a pier on the ...

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Mithi river desilting ‘scam’: Actor Dino Morea appears before ED todayheadline

June 19, 2025

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Bollywood actor Dino Morea appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Thursday to record his statement in connection with ...

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