Despite years of ongoing pressure, the Corps has flouted Congress’ deadlines, leaving some to question how a federal agency ...

Portland celebrated a big achievement this week: Going a whole year without sending poop and other sewage into the Willamette River. Portland is one of about 800 U.S. cities with a combined sewer ...

Rain and snow is returning to Oregon this weekend, with snow levels dropping to the lowest elevations of the year and potentially near the Willamette Valley floor. After a weekslong stretch of ...

The National Weather Service in Portland issued another cold weather advisory for Portland and much of the Willamette Valley Monday night into Tuesday. The advisory lasts from 10 p.m. until 10 a.m ...

Human Access Project, an advocacy group formed to promote a safer Willamette River, hosted the swim to celebrate a full year without any Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). Campfires and saunas were ...

A man was arrested Thursday in connection to the overdose death of a 15-year-old, according to the Longview Police Department. The Oregon Department of Agriculture announced on Friday that avian ...

“There are a lot of cities that share similarities with what happened in Los Angeles,” said Kelly Pohl with Headwaters Economics, a nonprofit research group in Montana that had done research on the ...

Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025 Updated Jan 24, 2025 0 Y’all, Horse Butte is really good right now. I mentioned it last week, but discussed the forest roads around the area more than the actual Horse ...

That's the focus of a story by the Oregon Journalism Project featured in this week's issue of Willamette Week. To break it down, WW’s Managing Editor Aaron Mesh joined KATU’s Wright Gazaway on ...

Virgin River is Netflix's biggest wonder. With six seasons in (and the seventh on the way), it's the longest-running drama on Netflix, which is commendable, considering they tend to cancel shows ...

Getty Images/Pedro H. Tesch Coming off a victory over Internacional last week, Mexico visit River Plate at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to put an end to their adventure in ...

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