Boaters and beachgoers alike flocked to the Willamette and Columbia rivers on Friday to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Once popular swimming holes, Salmon Falls, in addition to Elkhorn Valley and Canyon Creek recreation sites, remain closed. In ...

If signed by the governor, the bill would require utilities to use so-called grid-enhancing tech to make transmission lines ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two bodies were found in the Willamette River in Portland on Saturday about six hours apart. The first body was reported around 2:10 p.m. north of the Steel Bridge.

Michael Moody was arrested after a body found in a suitcase on the Willamette River banks on Sauvie Island was ID'd as Judy Hurley of Portland, OR.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of an unidentified person was found on Sauvie Island Monday afternoon, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said. The body was found around 1:15 p.m. on the ...

The new requirements for Ross Island Sand & Gravel wouldn’t change the larger reasons the algae blooms are more frequent, but advocates for Willamette River water quality say it’s a good start.

The Sauvie Island Wildlife Refuge hosts remarkably secluded paddling only about 30 miles from Portland. Gilbert River and Sturgeon Lake, accessible from the Island, offer many miles of great paddling.

“A swimmerless river” At the end of the 19th century and through the early 1920s, the Willamette River was a beloved recreation spot for many Portland residents.