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 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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Lucian Munguia, who was reported missing on Sept. 10, was found dead in the Yakima River on Thursday after a months-long search Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital ...

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 ...

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

Junior water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin are expected to receive 58% of their allotment this year, helped by precipitation in March but still facing a third year of drought.