The National Data Buoy Center operates on a two- to three-year service schedule. Like many commercial fishermen, Kelsey Cutting relies on data from weather buoys at the mouth of the Columbia River to ...

FILE - Columbia River Bar pilots board huge shipping vessels to help them cross the treacherous water safely, in this 2016 file photo. Ed Jahn / OPB Tariffs and job cuts at federal agencies are making ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — After the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed in Baltimore after being hit by a cargo ship early Tuesday morning, Columbia River Pilots are looking at their own safety measures.

ASTORIA, Ore. — After a runaway cargo ship caused the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last week, killing six people, there's understandably been some concerns about shipping and ...