Visiting hours for most of the Yakima elk herd appear to be a little shorter so far this winter thanks to warm weather and ...

A small backyard flock of chickens in Yakima County has tested positive for bird flu, according to the Yakima Health District ...

For the first time in 86 years, the lower Yakima River is flowing freely through a section of the causeway at Bateman Island near Richland. The removal of the causeway marks a significant step in ...

A gull, with a fish in its beak, flies over a group of pelicans looking for fish to feast on at Wananish Dam on the Yakima River outside of Richland. Tri-City Herald file Yakama Nation officials are ...

Helicopters swing massive logs over steep Washington valleys, depositing them precisely into streams carving through Yakama ...

With the deconstruction of the Bateman Island causeway, federal, local and state agencies, including the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Yakama Nation, hope to see an overall increase ...

In a major milestone, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District, in partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the Yakama Nation, the Washington ...

A Yakima County man has been sentenced to jail and must pay $7,000 in restitution for illegally selling what could be as many as 42 elk carcasses, according to the Washington state Department of Fish ...

Wildlife officials expect to see benefits to salmon in the entire Yakima River system.