yakima river

The Bureau of Reclamation will begin its annual “flip-flop” operation after August 20th to aid in successful spawning and incubation of chinook salmon eggs and to improve winter reservoir storage in the Yakima basin.

Warmer weather burning off a lot of snowpack, could swell the Yakima River to just below flood stage.

There is no indication of foul play in the 5-year-old's death.

(Richland, WA) -- A woman is rushed to the hospital after a wreck along the Eastbound 182 that left the car she was driving dangling dangerously close to the Yakima River. Washington State Patrol says this happened around 2:30pm Monday when the driver, identified as 53-year-old Neva Cobb-Rathbun lost control, rolling off the freeway on the eastbound side, going through a guardrail and coming to a

The water is only a few feet underneath the West Richland bridge on Van Giesen.

Oh! The possibilities!

I was able to break out the rear window and get my dog out onto the roof with me.

Officials say the memories of last year's flooding is still fresh on many people's minds in NE OR and SE WA.

What lurks beneath...

Thursday, Deputies were alerted to a ten-foot boat seen drifting down the river, then bobbing up alongside the shore.