The South Columbia Basin Irrigation District is assessing the damage after a March 6 breach of the Potholes Canal north of Pasco, Wash. It was likely caused by a burrowing rodent. The South Columbia ...

Irrigation water could be used not only to water crops but also to produce electricity in a proposed hydropower demonstration project in an irrigation district based in Pasco. The Department of Energy ...

The Columbia Basin’s 2024 growing season got off to a rocky start when a major irrigation canal north of Pasco breached March 6 it was being filled with water. The South Columbia Basin Irrigation ...

Travis Okelberry drove his pickup up U.S. Highway 12, winding along the Tieton River. Oaks and conifers, blackened at the trunk, gave a final display of autumnal orange. The trees were damaged and ...

COULEE CITY – A body found Monday in an irrigation canal above Summer Falls Dam is believed to be Scott Kolves, of Ephrata, who went missing in March when his truck went into the canal. An irrigation ...

A 115-year-old canal in the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District that was severely damaged during the Rimrock Retreat Fire last year is now at imminent risk of failure. Fixing the 12-mile waterway will ...

Heavy fall rains might have returned to Western Washington, but east of the Cascade crest, people still look to the skies, waiting for much-needed water.

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday a $37.4 million investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for three projects to help improve drought ...

While state lawmakers fret and haggle over a projected $15 billion budget shortfall, national lawmakers and a reckless White House are clear-cutting nearly every stick of the federal government. And ...