Month: August 2012

Hearing on Hastings’ bill points up divide between fish, hydropower forces

By Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic PASCO — Using his hometown soapbox to hammer away at those who would remove hydropower dams, U.S. Rep. Doc Hasting on Wednesday gaveled a congressional committee to order on legislation that would dramatically…

Bonneville Dam fulfilled campaign promise when FDR dedicated it Sept. 28, 1937

President Franklin D. Roosevelt fulfilled a campaign promise when construction on the $88.4 million project started in 1934. Named for Army Capt. Benjamin Bonneville, an early explorer of what became the Oregon Trail, Bonneville Dam boasted some unique…