After two men got into trouble on the water, a rescue boat took on water and partially sank below Wanawish Dam near Horn Rapids in Benton County.

Two men were rescued from the icy Yakima River on Monday afternoon after their blue raft was swept over and trapped in a ...

And the $72,000 emergency boat sent to save them sank in the turbulent waters. Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Clark said a “freak accident” caused the Benton County rescue boat to get sucked under the current of ...

Two men were rescued from the icy Yakima River on Monday afternoon after their blue raft was swept over and trapped in a small diversion dam in north Richland.

A water rescue took a dramatic turn this week when a fire crew ended up in the churning Yakima River along with the ... the current of the irrigation diversion dam near Richland as the crew ...

BENTON COUNTY, Wash. – Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the Yakima River at Horn Rapids/Wanawish Dam today to rescue a firefighter stranded on a fire rescue boat. According to the Benton ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Governor Bob Ferguson has signed a bill in Kennewick last week extending the deadline for water infrastructure milestones in the Yakima River Basin. Sponsored by Senator Judy ...

Yakima River basin irrigators with junior water rights ... manager of the Kittitas Reclamation District based in Ellensburg. “We’re seeing people being extremely careful,” he said.