The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.

Wildflower season, which typically runs from April to June in the Columbia Gorge depending on weather, is one of the most ...

A spokesperson for the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office tells KATU a frame and tires have been pulled from the water.

Back on Dec. 7, 1958, Kenneth and Barbara Martin took their three daughters, ages 11, 13, and 14, to go look for Christmas wreath greenery in the Columbia River Gorge. They never returned home.

"Months later, the bodies of two of the Martin daughters, Virginia, 13, and Susan, 11, were discovered in the Columbia River—one near Camas, Washington ... the Columbia Gorge major crimes ...

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office believes they've found a vehicle connected to the 1958 case of the Martin Family.