In a historic light show, various colors of blue, green, red and amber lit up Grand Coulee Dam for New Year’s Eve, decades after a fire ruined the display’s control panel. The light show will continue ...
The day before September 11, 2001, visitors were driving across the Columbia River in one of the most dramatic locations one can imagine – atop the 550-foot spillway of Grand Coulee Dam, a marvel to ...
May 19—In the depths of the Great Depression, Spokane celebrated the start of the largest single-government construction project undertaken in the United States. A 1934 front -page story published in ...
The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date.
After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature.
The construction of Grand Coulee Dam was revolutionary. So revolutionary, in fact, people traveled to Eastern Washington in hordes just to catch a glimpse, to work on it themselves, and to be a part ...
GRAND COULEE, Wash. - A 55-year-old woman was flown to the hospital after being hit by a car along Highway 155. The woman, 55, was walking northbound along the shoulder of the highway when the ...
Two wildfires, triggered by lightning strikes over the weekend, have burned thousands of acres of scrub brush in the Grand Coulee Dam area within the last 24 hours. The Barker Canyon fire has burned ...
COULEE DAM, Wash. — Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect ...