Yakama Nation

On Wednesday, USDA’s Rural Development announced that it will invest $94 million in Yakama Power's Clean Energy Project.  The funds come via the Powering Affordable Clean Energy program, PACE, where rural electric cooperatives and communities can use funding to lower electricity costs for businesses and families, while reducing climate pollution.    Yakama Power said th...

Two Northwest tribes are calling for the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River.  On Monday, the Lummi Nation and the Yakama Nation said the U.S. government violated a treaty from 1855 when it built the concrete dams on the lower Columbia River.  Th...

Two Northwest tribes are calling for the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River.  On Monday, the Lummi Nation and the Yakama Nation said the U.S. government violated a treaty from 1855 when it built the concrete dams on the lower Columbia River.  Th...