Though the day-use property at Fort Simcoe is operated as a state park, the state doesn’t own the site. The land was granted to state parks in 1956 by the Yakama Nation as a 99-year lease for ...

A state park deep on the Yakama Reservation has reopened for the season with much happening behind the scenes over the past several months, from improvements to structures to discussion about how to ...

WHITE SWAN — Fort Simcoe State Park near White Swan has been closed because of bear activity. Park officials say the problem wasn’t the bears approaching people, but people approaching the bears ...

WHITE SWAN, Wash. — Washington state’s website for Fort Simcoe State Park highlights the military history of the park 30 miles southeast of Yakima. “Fort Simcoe is one of the few remaining pre-Civil ...

Nine black bears have made themselves at home in Fort Simcoe State Park this summer, but they haven’t taken kindly to people trying to take their pictures. When the bears began aggressively warning ...

WHITE SWAN, Wash. — Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, located near White Swan, is home to one of the few remaining pre-Civil War forts, according to the state’s website. Visitors can tour the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This report is a collaboration between the Northwest News Network, Northwest Public Broadcasting and the Yakima Herald-Republic. A cultural edit was provided by Jiselle Halfmoon, of ...

Since time immemorial, Native Tribes in the Columbia Basin met at a village crossroads called Mool-Mool. In the wake of the Yakama Treaty of 1855, the site was of continual use as a U.S. military ...

WHITE SWAN, WA. - The Yakama Indian Nation is partnering up with Washington State Parks to relocate multiple bears near White Swan. Fort Simcoe State Park just outside White Swan has been closed ...

WHITE SWAN, Yakima County — Nine black bears have made themselves at home in Fort Simcoe State Park this summer, but they haven’t taken kindly to people trying to take their pictures. When the bears ...

WHITE SWAN — Fort Simcoe State Park near White Swan has been closed because of bear activity. Park officials say the problem wasn’t the bears approaching people, but people approaching the bears ...