Thousand Acres Park just outside of Troutdale is a popular destination for dog walkers. Bordered by the Sandy and Columbia rivers, the park offers wide open spaces, forested paths and access to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Level 1 (Be Ready) evacuation notice for the Dodge Park Fire, which has grown to approximately 2 acres, was lifted around 6 p.m. Monday.Officials say the fire is lined and ...

Smelt are back in the lower Sandy River, and that means wildlife managers have opened a rare one-day dipping season Thursday afternoon, March 30, 2023. Dipping (only) will be allowed from the bank ...

From the Sandy River Bridge, thick schools of smelt stretched bank to bank, their movement visible across the entire river. (Photo edited to make fish more visible) Mark Graves/The Oregonian.

The Sandy River has been straightened, doesn’t get to the ocean as fast, he noted. It runs into constriction at Farmington Falls so sand drops out even more, he stated. Advertisement.

A drone drops a life jacket to a swimmer in a training exercise along the Sandy River in Oregon on May 16, 2025, Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB. After nine drownings over three years in the Sandy ...

The cabin was highly elevated near the intersection of Sandy River and Trout Creek, Flood said. “Looking down over the edge, it is nearly straight down,” described Flood.

A death investigation is underway after human remains were found in the Sandy River on Friday. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says a kayaker found the remains around 12:30 p.m. just north ...