The Washington State Senate has passed Senate Resolution 8690, acknowledging the Chinook Indian Nation and its role in shaping communities along the Lower Columbia River. The bipartisan ...

The Washington Senate Monday honored the Chinook Indian Nation as it passed a resolution celebrating the tribes’ history and contribution to the culture of the Pacific Northwest.

The sport and commercial catch of Chinook salmon off Washington’s coast would bump up in 2023 under all of the alternatives released Friday by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Chinook is the ...

Anglers fishing a portion of the Snake River in southeastern Washington will be allowed to keep some Chinook salmon this fall. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a news ...

With "largely encouraging" Chinook and coho forecasts, the West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted options for 2026 seasons off Washington, Oregon and the rest of the coast, and here's ...

A Washington state task force voted to recommend the return of land at a former youth detention facility to the Chinook Indian Nation. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the fiscal committees of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bones and sacred objects of Chinook Indian Nation ancestors are left on museum shelves without a legal path for descendants to bring home or bury. Chinook Indian Nation ...

Wallace River Hatchery, SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A year-old Chinook, no bigger than a Swiss army knife, zipped through a clear tube as it was siphoned into a massive whirring machine where thousands of ...

Fisheries managers in Idaho and Washington will suspend the harvest of wild fall chinook in the Snake River and its tributaries, while continuing to allow anglers to catch and keep hatchery fish. The ...

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife announced the return of Columbia River spring Chinook Salmon fishing seasons.