water issues

Republican congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers is hailing an executive order by President Trump to the EPA to withdraw and reconsider what is called the…

A Washington state Senate subcommittee took testimony this week on two bills aimed at dealing with a Supreme Court decision that has left questions over…

Some environmentalists are urging Spokane residents to conserve water this summer, in an effort to help the Spokane River. At a location along the river…

Slowly - too slowly for the naked eye to discern - Lake Coeur d'Alene is shrinking, dropping below the normal summertime lake-full level. And that puts…

The purple pipe could be a local solution for Washington drought problems. The state Department of Ecology is hoping to offset water shortages by…

A huge, sole-source aquifer in southern Idaho is shrinking under the onslaught of drought and heavy irrigation, But a new agreement among water users may…

Irrigators in Eastern Washington are facing curtailment of water use, months earlier than normal. Because of the early melting mountain snowpack and…

Spokane city councilman Jon Snyder says it’s time to revise the city’s water plan. He's concerned the city needs to carefully review requests to provide…

It may sound odd to think of restoring a vital wetlands on Lake Pend Oreille by throwing old logs, tree limbs and dirt into it. But that's what government…

An unusual experiment begins this summer on Idaho's Hayden Lake - testing of man-made floating wetlands that may save the lake from slowly choking to…