For years, Seattle City Light insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon.

Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (USIT), the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and the Washington Department of Fish and ...

Skagit County is considering approving the about 1,000-page settlement agreement that would set up the relicensing of the three Skagit River dams.

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The population of summer-fall Chinook salmon expected this year on Washington's Skagit River will be the lowest in nearly 15 years, dealing another devastating blow to Native ...

Major players involved in a massive proposed agreement with Seattle City Light regarding its dams on the Skagit River say the ...

Dogged Seattle TV news investigators are reporting that the operator of three dams on the Skagit River has agreed to spend nearly $1 billion to install fish passage around the North Cascades ...

Treaty tribes and state and federal agencies have already approved a proposed agreement, which would commit Seattle’s public utility to spending up to $979 million on fish passage and $200 million on ...

SEATTLE — Seattle City Light announced that ratepayers can expect their energy bills to increase by 0.5% per year from 2027-2032, based on a pricey new program to support salmon migration, pay tribes ...