Large toxic algae blooms have been occurring along the Willamette River near downtown Portland since 2015. Seamans said authorities weren’t surprised by this week’s bloom. But they were ...

According to Doug Decker, a Portland historian who has detailed stories about the old Willamette River culture on his blog, the city’s river culture changed in the mid-1920s. “By 1925 ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office recovered a fifth body in the Willamette River within the past month, marking an increase in water recoveries due to increased water activity and warming… ...

Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the nonprofit group Willamette Riverkeeper has watched massive and unprecedented amounts of garbage accumulate in and along the Willamette River as a ...