Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and electrical generation and flood control in the United States. Negotiations of a 60-year-old treaty between ...

From gigantic floods to thousands of shipwrecks, follow the journey of the Columbia River. Host Knute Berger mines the Pacific Northwest’s historical and cultural nuggets. This season's Mossback ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Columbia River is at a crossroads. Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada over the river’s benefits are stalled. Thirteen runs of salmon and steelhead are threatened ...

The Columbia River was an energetic, mile-wide, 500-feet-deep fury of white water rapids that carried boulders and cobbles all the way from northeastern Washington to the Pacific Ocean.

A map of all Columbia River Basin dams. Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Oregon Capital Chronicle. Those interim agreements are non-negotiable, according to John Wagner, ...

Unlike the river's outlet, the Columbia gained its 1,200-mile momentum in the Rocky Mountain Trench between the Rockies and Purcell Ranges in the deep northwest interior of eastern British Columbia.

For decades the Columbia River has benefited both the U.S. and Canada with little worry. Then Trump took office. Trump once called the Columbia River a ‘giant faucet’ that could provide water ...

The Columbia River Gorge was hit with flooding, rockslides and powerful winds on Feb. 23 as an atmospheric river bombarded the region, bringing record rain to downtown Portland.

Columbia, Snake River salmon runs millions below 2025 target goals. Six Sovereigns working with the Northwest Power & Conservation Council.

Columbia, Snake River salmon runs millions below 2025 target goals. Six Sovereigns working with the Northwest Power & Conservation Council.

Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22. (Terry Otto/The Columbian, File ...

The Columbia created these islands, and in many ways they reflect the mighty river’s character. They’re in constant flux, scoured by the braiding currents, sometimes built up, sometimes worn away.