Columbia River

Most names in WA state are of Native origin. Like Okanogan, Nisqually, so on. So how did the Columbia River get its name?

WOW, why all the beef with hippies? Why do they get such a bad rep? The Pacific Northwest is crawling with hippies, including the O.G.s left from the 60s, as well as the neo-hippies of today. (I think I just made that term up, is there such a thing as a neo-hippie...

The power lines fell onto the adjacent highway and into the Columbia River during the mishap Friday afternoon.

While another season of beauty is coming to an end, we here in the Wenatchee Valley are proud of this little wonder we have. It really should be named "one of the 7 wonders of the world."

Facts about Washington state are always so fun to read, I always walk away with new knowledge that we may or may not need, non the less, my brain feels expanded!

The Seattle area utility will purchase five percent of the total output from the PUD's Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams for five years at a fixed rate.

Kittitas County deputies say their dispatchers received a call that Gillikin failed to surface after jumping from a cliff west of Crescent Bar into the river.

As far back as I can remember, growing up in Pateros WA / Brewster WA area, the Apple Pie Jamboree was always a highlight of the summer. Raising money for local students, clubs and community groups.

I used to work at a sporting goods store, here locally in the Wenatchee Valley. Day in and day out, we would hear of stories from the Columbia River, Potholes Reservoir, to distant lakes.

My dad was an avid fisherman. His thing was saltwater salmon fishing out on the Olympic Peninsula. Places Port Angeles, Neah Bay, and La Push.