The Yakima River, itself a tributary of the Columbia, is only 210 miles long, one-seventh the Colorado’s length, and lies within a single state, not seven plus Mexico.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Several thousand sockeye salmon could make their way up the Yakima River over the next few days, helped along by cooler weather and a wave of extra water flowing down the river.

Next month, Yakima County’s code enforcement department will embark on what it’s calling the gap-to-gap cleanup, which aims to remove abandoned campsites along a 13-mile stretch of the river from ...

The Yakima is Washington's only blue ribbon fly-fishing river. Sponsored by Yakima Valley Tourism.

The body of a 5-year-old child who was reported missing in September has been found in the Yakima River, police said. The Yakima Police Department said Friday that law enforcement officers ...

The Yakima River in the Tri-Cities area is rising quickly and expected to reach the depth considered the pre-flood “action level” by early Saturday morning. Flood level at the Kiona gauge ...

The water managers of the Yakima River basin know what it’s like to be desperate, while drought, climate change, population growth and agriculture shrink water supplies to crisis levels.

First established as a state scenic byway in 1967, the Yakima River Canyon is one of the most stunning landscapes in all of Washington.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projected Monday that Yakima River basin irrigators with junior water rights will receive 72% of their full allotments between April and September ...

KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. - Twelve people were rescued from the Yakima River over the weekend after their rafts became entangled in a large log jam. Several of the rafters were swept under the log ...

News Pacific NW Yakima County poised to clear abandoned homeless encampments from Yakima River Greenway June 12, 2022 Updated Sun., June 12, 2022 at 8:48 p.m.