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In order to help you make the most of your trip to Oregon, here is some information on the safe places and areas to avoid in Portland. Show comments Advertisement
In 1988, the Portland Water Bureau expressed their surprise at the cost of running the fountain, which at the time was consuming $34,000 in water and $13,000 in electricity each year. [ 7 ] [ 15 ] Also in 1988, a 26-year-old Vancouver man was drowned when he attempted to swim through a small water pipe and got wedged under a concrete slab.
The Columbia Bar is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. It is one of the most dangerous bar crossings in the world, earning the nickname Graveyard of the Pacific. The bar is about 3 miles (5 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long. [1]
[10] [11] Further upstream, cities from Oregon City to Corvallis were impacted by rising waters on the Willamette River and Oregon Department of Agriculture was forced to temporarily relocate to a new facility in the Salem area. [7] [12] The water reached so high in Oregon City that Willamette Falls almost disappeared. [13]
Then at 5:30 a.m. Monday, a passerby spotted the man, still naked, walking in the Finley area of Highway 397 and Owens Road south of Kennewick. The area is more than 25 miles from where he was ...
A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say ...
The river came within inches of flowing over its seawall and flooding a large portion of Portland's downtown Tom McCall Waterfront Park. A major sandbagging effort involving civilians as well as the Oregon National Guard was launched throughout downtown Portland and was maintained until the floodwaters began to recede on February 9. At least ...
Portland, Oregon police are investigating after protesters allegedly beat a man unconscious in the street after he crashed his truck into a light pole. According to various videos posted on social ...