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: KGW Staff MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KGW) — A father of five from Beaverton died after falling from a hiking trail at Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge Saturday afternoon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). Gerardo Hernandez-Rodriguez, ...
Author: KGW Staff BRIDAL VEIL, Ore. (KGW) — Memorial Day weekend is almost here, marking the unofficial start of summer, and many people will be looking for ways to get outside. If visiting Multnomah Falls is on your to-do list, ...
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 ...
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. – A beaver is being blamed for starting a fire in the Columbia River Gorge. On Thursday night, a brush fire started at Multnomah Falls. The Corbett Fire District responded with twenty firefighters, two engines, two brush ...
Ainsworth State Park, Ore. (KOIN) – At Oneonta Gorge, thousands of small rocks littered the entrance. The Tunnel–still scorched. And you could still see smoke in the distance. “It’s natural to have fire go through forest ecosystems,” said Rachel Pawlits, ...
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 ...
Troutdale, Ore. (KGW/NBC News) – Firefighters battling Oregon’s massive Eagle Creek fire are keeping a close eye on changing weather conditions. The nearly 33,000-acre wildfire has forced hundreds of evacuations and closed several miles of Interstate 84. The fire was ...
Troutdale, Ore. – Police have identified a juvenile suspect who they believe had a hand in starting the Eagle Creek Fire burning in the Columbia River Gorge. Oregon State Police said the 15-year-old Vancouver boy may have been lighting fireworks ...