Grand Coulee

(Runtime 1:04) The U.S. and Canada are working out key details of the Columbia River Treaty. That important agreement details flood risk management along…

(Runtime 0:56)There’s a transfer happening at Grand Coulee Dam. After years of planning, the Bonneville Power Administration will start running some…

(Runtime 1:05)In a historic agreement, the federal government announced Thursday it will fund tribal efforts to bring salmon back to the Upper Columbia…

El sol apenas comenzaba a salir sobre el río Columbia en Bridgeport, Washington, cuando un pescador Colville capturó el primer salmón de la temporada.

The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington couldn’t be further away from waterfront property. But at the end of the last ice age, the area was, at times, underwater. Torrential flooding cascaded through the area and created the current landscape, including the Grand Coulee.Some 15,000 years later, that geological gravitas has inspired a composition for guitars.

(Runtime 4:04)The sun just started to rise over the Columbia River in Bridgeport, Washington, when a Colville fisherman caught the first salmon of the…