Climb to the top of the Astoria Column, the imposing tower perched on Coxcomb Hill high above the city, and look northwest. On a fine day, the mighty Columbia stretches to the horizon, a smooth gray ...

HERNANDEZ BAIL IS SET AT ONE-HUNDRED- THOUSAND DOLLARS. ## A LONG AWAITED PROJECT TO STOP FLOODING AND PUT AN END TO BREACHING AT THE SANTA CRUZ MAIN BEACH BEGAN TODAY. THE SAN LORENZO RIVER CULVERT ...

When the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed into what would become Washington state in October 1805, the two explorers thought the worst of their transcontinental navigation was behind them. Then they ...

Thursday the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a massive restoration project south of the mouth of the Eel River. The project, involving conservation easements with five landowners, ...

SANTA CRUZ — For many local surfers, carving through the waves that break just offshore from where the San Lorenzo River meets the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz is a sublime, almost transcendent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pod of transient orcas was seen hunting near the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River in recent days. Local man Josh Carlucci told KOIN 6 News that he filmed orcas ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person is dead and an 11-year-old boy is among two missing after a boat with five people on board capsized at the mouth of the Columbia River late Saturday morning. At ...