Crews working on RealTime freeway signs will close one southbound lane of Interstate 5 through southwest Portland this weekend delaying travelers. The Oregon Department of Transportation said in a ...

The aging bridge is the only way drivers can travel between Pelican Island and Galveston. But a new bridge is years away.

ODOT has announced lane closures on southbound I-5, from the Ross Island Bridge to Terwilliger Boulevard, to install new RealTime Variable Advisory Speed (VAS) signs aimed at providing real-time ...

This particularly affects those downstream of the Ross Island Bridge, with potential expansions of the advisory if conditions deteriorate.

For 75 years, Ross Island Sand & Gravel mined the bottom of the Willamette River, significantly altered the habitat of the river near Ross Island. The company ceased mining there in 2001, but the ...

A blaze that reportedly started at a homeless camp near the Ross Island Bridge was brought under control by Portland firefighters after it spread into the grass and vegetation nearby, Portland ...

Cyanobacteria blooms turn the Ross Island Lagoon bright green and can contaminate the Willamette River. Researchers are working to find solutions to keep blooms at bay.

Dozen of competitors in Portland are turning up the pressure and racing against the clock in a fast-growing phenomenon: speed puzzling. While most of us are trying to cool off in the summer heat ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A body was found in the Willamette River early Tuesday morning. The body of a man was found at about 6:42 a.m. in the water near the Ross Island Bridge.

The proposal to transfer 110 acres of the Willamette River island comes after an algae bloom last month that turned Portland’s central waterway neon green and made it too toxic for recreation.