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 ...

Travelers on Interstate 82 should be prepared for a detour near Yakima early this week. The state Department of ...

The state has extended a drought emergency for the third year in a row in the Yakima River Basin. The drought declaration, which began in 2023, covers the Upper Yakima, Lower Yakima and Naches ...

Junior water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin are expected to receive 58% of their allotment this year, helped by ...

Fire officials say while the wildfire season hasn't yet started the warm weather has increased the possibility of a large ...

The swollen Yakima River is expected to rise to about 11 feet near the Tri-Cities this week. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald file West Richland, WA The Yakima River in the Tri-Cities area is rising ...

Junior water rights holders are set to receive 58% of their water allotment this year, an improvement from the 48% forecasted ...

A fire in the Yakima River Delta in Richland is sending a plume of smoke up by Highway 240 Sunday and Monday. The blaze broke out about 4:15 a.m. Sunday east of Highway 240 in the marshy area ...

Even if April is another soggy month, we still won’t catch up,” said Casey Sixkiller, director of Washington's Department of ...

A decades-old mystery in the Lower Yakima Valley has taken a new turn as investigators work to identify a woman known only as ...