PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Plumes of smoke filled the Portland metro sky Saturday as crews battled a fire on Ross Island in the Willamette River through south Portland. Starting around 4 p.m., fire ...

Portland environmental advocates are renewing their calls on the R.B. Pamplin Corp. to transfer its remaining ownership of Ross Island to an entity they say can better protect and manage the ...

(KOIN) — Dark smoke billowed through the sky Saturday in Southeast Portland due to a “wildland” fire on Ross Island, officials say. Portland Fire and Rescue crews responded to the fire near ...

Ross Island, located a mile from downtown Portland, has long been a magnet for local kayakers and paddlers and for 50 bird species, including blue herons and bald eagles. In the 1920s, the U.S ...

The events have become increasingly frequent, and KGW viewer Roger Aldrich recently sent in this question: Last fall Portland apparently figured out that Ross Island was the source of our algae ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — On Saturday afternoon, Portland Fire responded to a large wildfire burning on Ross Island in the Willamette River. The thick black smoke plume could be seen for miles ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An ongoing toxic algae bloom from Ross Island to Cathedral Park is keeping people and pets out of the Willamette River. While this isn’t the first time toxic algae have ...

But state Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D-Southeast Portland), whose district borders the Willamette River near Ross Island, wrangled a one-time appropriation of $1 million to remove more vessels.

Willie Levenson, founder of the Portland organization Human Access Project (HAP), has been leading a project to build a channel through the Ross Island lagoon. The channel would allow fresh water ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A body was found in the Willamette River early Tuesday morning. The body of a man was found at about 6:42 a.m. in the water near the Ross Island Bridge. The Multnomah ...