OREGON CITY, Ore ... The blue kayak he was last seen operating was recovered near Elk Rock Island on the Willamette River, about 7.5 river miles downstream of Willamette Falls.

To grapple with the expected water demand in one of Oregon’s fastest ... source of water. The Willamette Water Supply Commission, a partnership between the Tualatin Valley Water District ...

A 20-year-old California man is missing, believed to have been swept over a big Oregon waterfall while kayaking. Fisherman jockey for position at the base of Willamette Falls on the Willamette ...

A 20-year-old California man is missing, believed to have been swept over a big Oregon waterfall while kayaking. After five days of searching, the Clackamas County sheriff’s office on Thursday broke ...

The Burns levee system is a 2.4-mile stretch of earth and rocks buffering the town ... especially along the Oregon Coast, in the Willamette Valley and throughout Eastern Oregon.

You’re never too far away from one, whether in the Willamette Valley or Oregon’s eastern high desert ... bank of Salt Creek and are sunk into rocks and sand. The creek feels more like a ...

Just an hour south of Portland, Salem offers that perfect blend of small-town charm with enough cultural attractions, outdoor ...

Ninety-ton boulder, very large and vaguely trapezoidal, made of a fine-grained sedimentary rock called argillite ... Also deposited: the rich topsoil that makes the Willamette Valley so fertile.

Most folks know Silverton as the gateway to Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park. But this small town an hour from Portland is ...