Keep Cool in the Lower Valley! Another Public Pool Has Re-Opened!
The public swimming pool in Toppenish (20 Asotin Ave.) is scheduled to re-open beginning Monday, August 9th. Better late than never, right?!?!
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Chlorine Shortages Clouding Area Pools, Not Just Public
We've had a 9- 17 foot pool for over 8 years, never had this happen.
Teen Drowns When Swept Away in Large Irrigation Canal
Irrigation canals, even smaller ones, are not the place to be swimming
Don’t Boat-Swim in Moses Lake, Toxic Algae Can be Deadly
They're not uncommon in Washington lakes and bodies of standing water, but you don't want to contact them.
They're blue-green algae blooms, or Cyranobacteria. Grant County Health District officials have posted new signs around Moses Lake, indicating their latest tests came back positive for the potentially deadly algae...
Palouse Falls Posts Harsh and Blunt Warning Signs
Palouse Falls Posts Harsh and Blunt Warning Signs
Free Swim Friday’s Are Back at Pasco Pool
Free Swim Friday's Are Back at Pasco Pool
Officials Warn ‘Don’t Swim in Yakima River, Period’–Too Dangerous
Yes, people have been doing it for decades, swimming in the Yakima River. For many it presents what they think is a 'safer' alternative to the mighty and sometimes intimidating Columbia.
But nothing could be further from the truth, say officials...
Search Called Off for Missing Palouse Falls Swimmer, Believed Drowned
Franklin County Sheriff's reported Monday the search for a reported victim in the water just below Palouse Falls has been called off due to rough water that kept divers from being able to search.
Around 5:30pm Friday, they got a call from two men in their 20's who said their third friend had gone under the water and not resurfaced...
Swimland’s Helen Chitty from Richland Passes at 91
Helen Chitty and her husband Howard, started Chitty's Swimland in 1958 in Richland. They pulled out the lawn and dug a 20 x 40-foot swimming pool.
Man Presumed Drowned at Palouse Falls, Search Suspended [UPDATE]
Authorities continue to search for the body of a 22-year-old man who most likely drowned at Palouse Falls. Columbia Basin Dive Rescue continues to search under and around the waterfall for the as yet unidentified man. (UPDATE SEE BELOW)