Step into Astoria, Oregon, and you might find yourself checking whether you’ve accidentally wandered into a vintage postcard come to life. This picturesque town at the mouth of the Columbia River is ...

The historic downtown area along Commercial Street feels like a perfectly preserved slice of early 20th-century America, with beautifully maintained buildings housing independent shops, inviting cafés ...

On the centennial of the Columbia River Bar Pilots’ founding, the Dec. 21, 1947 issues of the Sunday Oregonian and the Oregon ...

Just as the 1849 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill brought hordes of fortune-seeking immigrants to the hillside streams of what would become California, so did the natural wealth of the Oregon ...

Take a ride in one of Milwaukee's hot tub boats for rent on the Milwaukee River Skyline Boat Company is offering hot tub boat rentals on the Milwaukee River through mid-December.

Ralph Ambrose Whitefoot often begins his day with an incredible view from the Washington side of the Columbia River in the Fort Rains area. A member of the Yakima Nation, he’s a caterer and a fisher ...

The Trump administration has been blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean — and now in the Pacific — claiming without evidence that they’re “drug boats.” These are extrajudicial executions outside ...

Columbia River Pilots is an association of independent pilots, a unique organization that uses a network of pilots and independent boats to manage a long stretch of river in the U.S. Pacific Northwest ...

The Astoria–Megler Bridge doesn’t simply ferry cars across the Columbia River, it stages theater on steel and sky. At over four miles long, it stretches like a ribbon between states, equal parts ...

Anglers will get four more days to fish for fall chinook and coho salmon on most of the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington fish managers met Wednesday and approved fishing for chinook and hatchery ...

Classic boats drew a big crowd on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, during the Gull Lake Classic at Bar Harbor Supper Club in Lake Shore. John Allen sits in his boat, the Hornet II, starting it up for the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The body recovered from the Columbia River on Thursday has been identified as a 16-year-old boy, officials announced. The Clark County Medical Examiner said Anthony C. Tarnoski ...