Looking for unique experiences in Washington that you might have missed? These 10 hidden gems offer amazing adventures and ...

The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is one of those places that makes you pull over every five minutes because the ...

It’s where the river collides with the open sea, creating walls of water, shifting sand, and chaos beneath the waves. For those who dare, crossing the world’s most dangerous river bar is not a route — ...

At 1,243 miles long, the Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest with its tributaries, wetlands and estuaries reaching six U.S. states. (Bonnie Moreland /Courthouse News) PORTLAND ...

Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds. By Laird Hunt Laird Hunt’s most recent work of fiction, “Float Up, ...

One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba. Patterson is a fur trader, but on this ...

FAIRVIEW, Ore. — A man's body was recovered from the Columbia River on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. River patrol deputies with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office recovered the body in a ...

Columbia River salmon recovery programs fared better in the 2026 federal budget than tribes, advocates, bureaucrats and biologists feared. President Donald Trump had made major cuts to the programs in ...

WOODLAND — The Class 2A District 4 tournament is still one week away, but that didn’t stop the Columbia River boys basketball team from approaching Thursday’s regular season finale against Woodland ...

Seven Sports Bar, located at 2000 Clemson Road in northeast Columbia, announced its closure in a Jan. 18 post on Facebook. Chris Trainor chtrainor@thestate.com A sports bar in northeast Columbia has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Washington and Oregon will not have to build a bridge with a movable span to accommodate tall marine vessels when they replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River ...

Washington and Oregon will not have to build a bridge with a movable span to accommodate tall marine vessels when replacing the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, the U.S. Coast ...