Priest Rapids Dam

Crews have finished drilling around 230 core samples in Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington state.

Crews are drilling deep into southeast Washington's Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River to find out the extent of damage after leaks were recently discovered.

Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River in southeast Washington state has multiple leaks and structural problems.

In Central Washington, Grant Public Utility District officials have declared what they’re calling a “non-failure emergency” at the 1950’s-era Priest Rapids Dam northwest of Richland on the Columbia River.