Two people were rescued and a woman was resuscitated Saturday after water rescues on the Willamette and McKenzie rivers near Eugene. Woman resuscitated after falling out of raft on McKenzie River The first incident took place at 2:01 p.m. when rescue crews were dispatched to the McKenzie River between Hayden Bridge and Harvest Landing in […]
Graduating seniors from Bethel School District donned caps and gowns this week as they strode through the halls of buildings they attended years ago. The Bethel School District Grad Walk is a longtime tradition for the district, bringing Willamette High and Kalapuya High graduates back to their roots to be cheered on by former elementary […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Six people floating down the Willamette River on inner tubes were saved from a hazardous low-head dam packed with logs east of I-5 in Lane County on May 18. Rescuers were called to the low-head dam located just upstream of the Whilamut Passage Bridge after five of the rafters went over […]
Enjoy the sunshine while you can, Oregon. The spring-like weather will be swapped out for cold rain and possible flakes in the Willamette Valley while heaps of snow piles up in the mountains next week. Travel in the mountains could be challenging as somewhere between 2-4 feet of snow is forecast above 1,500 feet. Will […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Officials from the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (PBES) are advising the public to avoid contact with the Willamette River downstream of the Ross Island Bridge. January’s periods of snowfall and heavy rains caused a combined sewer overflow to the Willamette River on Saturday morning, leading city officials to issue the […]
A major ice storm capable of bringing widespread power outages and crippling travel appears increasingly likely for the Willamette Valley on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting anywhere from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of ice for a widespread area from roughly Corvallis and Salem up to the Portland metro area. The […]