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Quincy to pay Yakama Nation in civil settlement

by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Staff Writer | November 22, 2025 3:13 PM

QUINCY — The city of Quincy will make a $400,000 payment to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation for fisheries restoration along the Columbia River. The payment is part of the settlement of a civil lawsuit brought against the city by the organization Columbia Riverkeeper. Tom Elliot, Yakama Nation fisheries manager, said the money will be used to pay part of the cost of riverbank restoration. 

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