Author: KGW Staff CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KGW) — A missing 19-year-old is presumed to have drowned after being swept out to the Columbia River early Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hood River Sherriff’s Department. As of Wednesday evening, the Hood ...
Author: KGW Staff CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KGW) — Search and rescue crews found the body of a Camas man who went missing on the Pacific Crest Trail last week. Nicholas Wells, 33, was reported missing by his wife on Oct. ...
Author: David Mann, Pat Dooris (KGW) CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KGW) — Five years ago, a teenage boy playing with fireworks ignited a wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge that burned more than 48,000 acres, an area nearly the size of ...
Author: KGW Staff CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KGW) — Crews rescued a hiker who became stranded on a steep and rocky cliffside near Munra Point in the Columbia River Gorge on Monday, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said. Munra Point ...
Troutdale, Ore. – A fire burning east of Portland has sparked other fires across the Columbia River in Washington State and caused hundreds to evacuate. The U.S. Forest Service said the Eagle Creek Fire started 1 mile south of Cascade ...