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 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 ...

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 ...

Last year, the US Bureau of Reclamation turned operations of Grand Coulee's 115-kV, 230-kV and 500-kV switchyards over to the Bonneville Power Administration. The Grand Coulee Modernization Program in ...

COULEEDAM, Wash. -- Water is spilling over the top of Grand Coulee Dam for the first time in years. There has been so much rain along the Columbia River this spring that officials had to lower the ...

Eighty years ago Washington state was forever changed by the Grand Coulee Dam. The dam still provides tons of hydropower today. It also created a reservoir used to nourish an abundance of Washington ...

"Look at the beautiful lights on there," said Lisa as her family watched the show Thursday night. "I used to watch that when I was a little girl." As the Lancaster family braved the cold weather, they ...