Smoke from a wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington State rises in the background in this view Hood River, Ore, Sunday, July 2, 2023. Authorities have more than doubled the number of ...

Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring gives the state of the city address to a full room at the Marysville Civic Center on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Marysville, Washington.

News / Business The Columbia River feeds Washington’s booming apple industry — and its economy The $9 billion industry relies on the river to grow about 70 percent of apples in U.S.

Columbia River Gorge Commission officials hope Washington legislature restores funding before session ends By Erik Neumann ( OPB ) April 23, 2025 8:11 p.m. Updated: April 23, 2025 11:42 p.m.

— The Columbia River Gorge Commission has managed to avoid a full loss of funding from Washington state, although the final version of the 2025-2027 budget that the state legislature passed on ...

Pasco, WA. The Washington state Department of Ecology has more than doubled its estimate of how much diesel spilled onto the riverbank and into the Columbia River when four refrigerated train cars ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. ... That covers about 36 percent of the state of Washington alone.

Washington lawmakers, wrestling with a state budget crisis, are looking to make cuts and the Columbia River Gorge Commission is potentially in the crosshairs. Skip Navigation.

WALLULA, Wash. — Around 660 gallons of diesel spilled into the Columbia River on Wednesday. According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, a Union Pacific train derailed along the ...

SUNLAND ESTATES, Wash. — Washington state wildlife officials are seeking information to identify those responsible for shooting a common loon and more than 20 coots in the Columbia River area.

The Yakima River Basin is home to roughly one-third of Washington’s 188,000 acres of apple orchards, according to an estimate from the Washington Department of Agriculture.