Protective fenders on the piers of the Astoria-Megler Bridge’s southern high span are not designed to protect against major ship collisions. The Astoria-Megler Bridge near the mouth of the Columbia ...

ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV) - Maintenance repairs to the Astoria-Megler Bridge will not begin until late August or early September, according to ODOT. Construction is expected to last through January 2026.

The first strong atmospheric river is making its way into southwest Washington and the north Oregon Coast Friday morning.

The double-crested cormorant is one of many seabirds that love to eat salmon. Many of the birds were driven away from East Sand Island near the mouth of the Columbia River decades ago in an effort to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Early Tuesday morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed after a ship collided with the structure. Bridge engineers in Oregon tell KATU News that ...

Federal officials are warning that two important bridges connecting Washington state to Oregon could be at risk of collapsing in a ship strike like the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in ...

Summer chinook retention in the Columbia River from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Priest Rapids Dam will be closed beginning Saturday, July 1, although fishing for steelhead and sockeye will ...

ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV) - With the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge gripping national headlines, many in the Pacific Northwest are looking at the safety of local bridges. Known commonly as ...

The preseason forecast for upper Columbia summer Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia River is 85,400 compared to a return of 78,494 in 2022. (Columbian files) OLYMPIA — Summer Chinook salmon, sockeye ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Early Tuesday morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after a ship collided with the structure. It's now raising questions about the care of ...