Author: Thomas Shults (KGW) BEAVERTON, Ore. (KGW) — A Beaverton family continues to grieve the loss of their father after he fell nearly 200 feet to his death from a hiking trail at Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge ...

Author: Blair Best (KGW) SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. (KGW) — Fire crews are on day three of fighting the Tunnel 5 fire in the Columbia River Gorge. As of Tuesday, the fire covered an estimated 533 acres and had destroyed several ...

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 PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The body of a Portland man was recovered from the Columbia River near the western end of Hayden Island on Monday, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reported. The man was identified as ...

Author: KGW Staff CORBETT, Ore. (KGW) — Permits are required now through Sept. 5 for drivers planning to visit the waterfall corridor along the Historic Columbia River Highway. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) said the timed-access permits are part ...

MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. – Your summer plans at the Columbia Gorge might include a fee this year. ODOT has a new pilot program that charges for trips in personal vehicles in certain parts of the historic Columbia Gorge Waterfall Corridor ...

Author: Galen Ettlin, Morgan Romero PORTLAND, Ore. — One of two large vessels moored off Portland’s Hayden Island has sunk into the Columbia River and could cost taxpayers more than $1 million to remove. The ship is a decommissioned Coast ...

THE DALLES, Ore. – People are being evacuated ahead of a wildfire burning in the Columbia River Gorge. KGW reports the fire started around noon on Friday eight miles west of The Dalles near the community of Rowena. The fire ...

BEVERLY, Wash. – Some residents in Grant County, Washington are evacuating ahead of a fast-moving wildfire. The 243 Fire started near the town of Beverly along the Columbia River on Monday night. By Tuesday afternoon, the fire was estimated to ...

Troutdale, Ore. (KGW) – As Oregon’s Eagle Creek fire continues to burn, hundreds of people remained under evacuation orders on Monday. According to evacuees, some people had decided to return home. But roughly 170 people were still at Red Cross ...

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