The Trump administration has backed down from its move to fire thousands of probationary federal workers. The switch means hundreds of local federal workers may…
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Trump transportation secretary nominee tells Sen. Cantwell I-5 Bridge replacement funding will come, sort of
By The Citizen on January 17, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation on Wednesday told Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., that he “would anticipate honoring” billions of dollars…
Port of Kalama eyes unloading terminal for sand dredged from Columbia River
By The Citizen on January 14, 2025
The Port of Kalama may get an unloading terminal for sand dredged from the Columbia River and other material used to make concrete. Read more… …
Data centers will gobble up every bit of electricity in Northwest, say experts
By The Citizen on December 21, 2024
The Northwest will soon not have enough electricity to meet an explosion in demand from the tech industry as companies inject power-hungry artificial intelligence into…
‘Unlawful’ or ‘a critical next step’? Feds to update Columbia River dams’ environmental guidelines
By The Citizen on December 19, 2024
Federal agencies announced Thursday they will update the environmental guidelines that shape how they operate 14 dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Read more… …
Stopgap Columbia River Treaty update leaves U.S. flush with electricity, in trickier flood management position
By The Citizen on December 14, 2024
A stopgap update to the 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada upends flood control and hydropower across the river basin. Read more… …
The Columbia River feeds Washington’s booming apple industry — and its economy
By The Citizen on November 16, 2024
WAPATO — Tim Calhoun operates a small orchard and fruit distribution business about 2 miles off the Yakima River. Walking through rows of apple trees…
“A lot of fun”: Yakama Nation biologists partner with college students to pull lamprey from drying canal’s mud
By The Citizen on October 31, 2024
UNION GAP — About a dozen Heritage University students joined biologists from the Yakama Nation’s Pacific Lamprey Project last week to save more than 1,000…
Does Trump plan to send Columbia River water to California? It’s unclear
By The Citizen on October 29, 2024
About a dozen media outlets around the U.S. and Canada reported in recent weeks that former President Donald Trump seemed to propose diverting the Columbia…
Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think so
By The Citizen on October 19, 2024
WOODLAND — Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each…