New visitor center opens at Wanapum Dam
By Staff Tri City Herald A new visitor center called The Power of the Columbia River will open Dec. 1 at the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River about seven miles south of the Vantage Bridge at Interstate…
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EWEB commits up to $750,000 to land trust hoping to manage 260 forested acres along McKenzie River
By Christian Hill The Register-Guard The Eugene Water & Electric Board voted unanimously Monday to commit up to $750,000 toward the restoration and future management of 260 forested acres along both sides of the McKenzie River that a…
Let region renegotiate Columbia River Treaty
By Steve Wright and Matthew Rooney Spokesman Review The Columbia River Treaty has been one of the most successful international agreements ever, partly due to the leading role played by regional entities on both sides of the border…
Electricity project gets boost from Chinese company
By Staff Spokesman Review YAKIMA, Wash. – Plans for a proposed $2.5 billion reservoir system to generate power south of Goldendale have found an unlikely partner: a Chinese hydropower company. The project is billed as a large-scale energy storage…
Feds Release Plan For Recovering Snake River Salmon
By Staff Herald and News The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a draft plan Monday for recovering threatened Snake River fall chinook salmon – fish that have to pass eight Columbia and Snake River dams to reach…
Helena irrigation district looks to produce hydropower
By Associated Press Seattle Post Intelligencer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Helena Valley Irrigation District is looking to retrofit its existing pump plant at Canyon Ferry Dam to produce hydropower. Read more
Critics of Snake River dams say it’s time to tear them down
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, The Associated Press Yakima Press SPOKANE — The issue of breaching four giant dams on the Snake River to help endangered salmon runs has percolated in the Northwest for decades, but the idea has…
Yahoo will double size of Quincy operation
By Staff Spokesman Review QUINCY – Size matters, right? Just ask Yahoo! Inc., which is about to double the size of its Quincy data center. Yahoo said Monday it will add about 300,000 square feet and thousands of servers…
Community Outreach at Okanogan County Fair
The Okanogan complex fire, with injuries, loss of property and thousands of acres burned land, hit our friends in Okanogan County hard. Showing spirit synonymous with resilience to this largely rural area, the county fair was postponed but…
Teaching Hydropower in the Classroom
Check out the PowerWheel video, which showcases a popular way for teachers and utilities to explain how the force of falling water supports the generation of clean, renewable energy. By hooking up the PowerWheel to a faucet, student…