In 1941, it was the largest hydroelectric power producing facility in the world. Learn how tension between technological success and environmental impact hangs over the dam. (Also at midnight; Sun.

COULEE DAM – Rumors are swirling in the towns around the country’s largest hydroelectric dam that employees are being quietly laid off amid the recent slashing of the federal workforce. Workers at the ...

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 ...

In a historic light show, various colors of blue, green, red and amber lit up Grand Coulee Dam for New Year’s Eve, decades after a fire ruined the display’s control panel. The light show will continue ...

"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 ...

You've decided that the electric power this dam provides is more important than the population of salmon in the river. You're not alone. Large dams all over the world, like the Grand Coulee Dam in ...