Roza Irrigation District, which services farmers from Yakima to Benton City, has announced a temporary shutdown of its canal.

The Yakima River will cause minor flooding in West Richland this week, but likely won’t be as severe as initially feared. The National Weather Service now anticipates the river will crest at 14.62 ...

A Yakima man was killed and a Yakima woman was injured in a head-on collision in the Yakima River Canyon Sunday.

Hamilton Sivula and Eric Bruchman filled sandbags Thursday morning in West Richland in the face of rising floodwaters on the Yakima River. “I saw the water line this morning, and I got pretty scared,” ...

The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office says a drone helped them find a woman who went missing while floating the Yakima River.

The Bureau of Reclamation projects Yakima River basin irrigators with junior water-rights will receive 52% of their normal water allotments, an outlook unchanged from one month ago. The May 7 forecast ...

Yakima Valley, Washington, has excellent ales, a taco and tamale trail, and plenty of outdoor adventures.

YAKIMA CANYON – At first, it was a faint roar, just loud enough to wake me up. Then the roar kept building, growing louder until it filled the soundless desert canyon threaded by the Yakima River. A ...

It's been 45 years since U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush made a decision that changed how the Bureau of Reclamation operates the flows of the Yakima River Basin. Known colloquially as the ...

As the dark winter gloom sets in around Western Washington, the urge to escape the wind and rain and 4 p.m. sunsets can become oppressive. While places like Hawaii, California and Cabo San Lucas ...