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By Mark Freeman Register-Guard The federal government has pulled the plug on a utility company’s more than decade-long effort to build a hydropower generation system at Applegate Dam, saying the company’s work window has expired. The license holder,…
By Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review White sturgeon in the Kootenai River can live for decades and grow to lengths of 8 feet. The bottom-dwelling fish share the river’s rocky depths with burbot, a pugnacious, freshwater cod. On Thursday,…
By Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review On a fall afternoon, the Clark Fork Delta is a place of astonishing beauty. Yellow-green grasses glow against the denim-blue of the Clark Fork River as it empties into Lake Pend Oreille. Each…
Pend Oreille PUD Newsletter Fall, 2014 Andritz Hydro, the contractor for the turbine/generator upgrade lowered the fourth and final turbine runner into the turbine pit on September 15th. Upgrade of this final turbine/generator unit is scheduled for completion…
By Kate Prengaman Yakima Herald In an unprecedented move, tribal leaders from the Northwest and Canada, including the Yakama Nation, have teamed up with the region’s religious communities to call for updates to the Columbia River Treaty. The…
By Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review The state of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have agreed to a $40 million deal to satisfy the BPA’s wildlife habitat mitigation responsibilities to the state for impacts from its hydropower…
By Grant Co. PUD On Feb. 24, 2014, a worker at Wanapum Dam noticed that part of the dam’s spillway deck had shifted slightly. Divers were called in to inspect the area on Feb. 27 and discovered a…
By Hal Bernton Seattle Times In his obsession with all things solar, Jeremy Smithson has put photovoltaic panels on top of his house, garage, and even crafted them into a patio awning. Smithson views his home as a…
By Christine Pratt Wenatchee World Commissioners agreed to skip bidding process and award contract. Read more
By Rick Landers The Spokesman-Review The 10 boat-in campsites completed this month at Lake Spokane are the most recent recreational benefits generated by the largest of six hydropower projects on the Spokane River. Read more