In addition, he taught water rights and federal natural resources law at the University of Virginia and George Washington University for more than 20 years.

But the problem with that, according to Spokane environmental attorney Rachael Paschal Osborn, is that in many parts of Washington, state officials have granted more water rights than there is ...

At issue are Washington’s Byzantine water laws. The law tenuously balances century-old water claims for municipalities and farmers with tribal rights to fish in healthy rivers.

A business has been fined $12,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for irrigating 40 acres of newly planted blueberries in Whatcom County without a water right. TrendingOregon regulators ...

The biggest, longest, most expensive legal battle in Washington state history is finally drawing toward a conclusion.

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court confronted on Monday the question of whether the government must do more to provide water for the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. And the answer, by the ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) – Landowners in Washington County are being regulated on how much water they can use as dry conditions continue in the area. The Oregon Water Resources Department ...