When Lonely Planet names a destination among the world’s best, travelers want to know exactly how to experience it. Fortunately, the Peak Northwest podcast delivers an insider’s guide to visiting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The agency tasked with preserving one of the Pacific Northwest’s most famed scenic areas was left out of Washington’s upcoming budget. The Columbia River Gorge Commission was ...

Just east of Portland — the trendy city where you can order the best coffee in America — you'll find the scenic wonderland of the Columbia River Gorge. Full of majestic mountain peaks, cascading ...

We live in an area of the country renowned for its natural beauty. A little of that spectacular scenery is captured in the new book-- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Acclaimed landscape ...

President Donald Trump has in recent months threatened to withhold disaster aid from states led by Democrats and has discussed eliminating FEMA altogether.

Oregon’s U.S. senators are urging their peers on a powerful budgeting committee to send emergency funding to Oregon and other ...

The Rowena and Burdoin Fires affected communities along the Oregon and Washington sides of the Columbia River. Many of the structures destroyed were part of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic ...

The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge, seen from the Cape Horn lookout in May. The Columbia River Gorge Commission oversees the national scenic area. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The agency tasked with helping to manage and protect the Columbia River Gorge could be facing a funding cut from the Washington legislature as lawmakers in Olympia grapple with how to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Columbia River Gorge was hit with flooding, rockslides and powerful winds on Feb. 23 as an atmospheric river bombarded the region, bringing record rain to downtown Portland ...