In a severe drought year, like this one, some farmers and ranchers in the Yakima River Basin come to expect a letter from the ...

Data collected by the Washington Department of Health (DOH) has revealed that the majority of schools in the state had levels of lead in drinking water fixtures that were higher than the level the ...

President Donald Trump meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House. Joel Moreno,KOMONewsReporter TOPICS: SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — The river that runs through the ancestral ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology has announced a halt on all surface water use from October 6th until the end of the month due to historically low reservoir storage and stream flow levels.

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has ordered an immediate halt to the use of surface water in the Yakima Basin. The restrictions start Oct. 6 and will continue through the end of the month. The ...

Washington County closed out the 2024-2025 water year with just 4.52 inches of precipitation — less than half its average — narrowly avoiding the driest year since recordkeeping began in 1893, thanks ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. The Sweetwater Authority, which supplies drinking water to a wide swath of South San Diego ...

In the Yakima Basin, a third consecutive year of drought has caused historically low reservoir storage and streamflows. To address those conditions, the Washington Department of Ecology is issuing an ...

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash., Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (CWT) subsidiary Washington Water Service (Washington Water) has filed a request with the Washington Utilities and ...

SEATTLE — For the first time in three years, comprehensive data from Washington state's mandatory school water testing program reveals a troubling picture: more than 1,100 school water sources contain ...