Columbia River Gorge
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Car found in Columbia River could be tied to family missing since 1958
The Martin family disappeared in December 1958, after telling friends and family they were looking for Christmas greenery in the Columbia River Gorge.
Think Out Loud
Hanford through the lens of geologic time
Bruce Bjornstad gives us a geologic tour from an outlook on the White Bluffs overlooking the Columbia River and Hanford.

Columbia River Gorge looks different after Eagle Creek wildfire — but the beauty remains
Eagle Creek looks different seven years after the 2017 Labor Day wildfires, but the beauty remains.

Lone Rock Fire in Gilliam County burns 50K acres, officials issue ‘go now’ evacuations
The Gilliam County’s Sheriff’s Office has issued a Level 3 (Go Now) evacuation order for the community of Lonerock in north-central Oregon. Residents are urged to leave immediately.
Recovery center planned for Columbia River Gorge to help people stay off drugs
The funding comes as Oregon faces an epidemic of fentanyl addiction and lethal overdoses that has spilled into city streets from Portland to the rural, picturesque towns along the Columbia River.
Hiker dies after falling from a cliff in the Columbia River Gorge
A woman from the Portland area died after falling from a cliff in the Columbia River Gorge Sunday afternoon. She had been hiking with a group of friends along the Horsetail Falls trail system.

Ed Edmo keeps Pacific Northwest oral histories alive, including flooding of Celilo Falls
Traditional storyteller Ed Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock, carries on culture through story in poetry, in schools and at cultural sites like Celilo Falls.

Parts of Oregon covered in new ice as residents wait for thaw
Temperatures have warmed slightly since last weekend, but more ice coated the streets, trees and power lines on Thursday in Portland.

Historic Columbia Gorge highway is one step nearer completion, with world-class aspirations
Oregon Department of Transportation has been working to rebuild the old Columbia River Highway for 37 years.

These wildfires are growing in the Columbia River Gorge and across Oregon
Between the three largest Oregon fires and Klickitat County’s Newell Road Fire, roughly 90,000 acres have burned, according to the U.S. Forest Service.