swimming

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...

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...

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.

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)

For nearly seven weeks,  the pumping had been illegally draining water from a creek near Los Gatos CA.

Summer is on its way and will be here before you know it. Here are the community pools around the area and the dates they will be open for the 2014 season:

Ahh, summer. 'Tis the season of watermelon art, diving fails and-- you guessed it-- belly flops. When we were kids, this pool move was awesome. But nowadays... who are we kidding? It's still (painfully) awesome!

The Pasco City Council has approved the purchase of 28 acres near Interstate 182 for an aquatic center project. What would YOU want at such a facility?

Now that we've wrapped up the 2012 London Games and the U.S. won the medal war, let's count how many athletes who stood on the podium are from, or have direct ties to, our great state of Washington.

Boy, the flow of cheating and scandal from the 2012 London games just keeps coming.