Lawmakers will consider a proposal to fund a years-in-the-making plan to carve a channel through Ross Island on the Willamette River Just about every summer in recent years, a stretch of the ...

Just about every summer in recent years, a stretch of the Willamette River south of downtown Portland at Ross Island turns green from a thick layer of toxin-producing algae that grows rapidly in ...

Google ‘Willamette River quality’ and come down and observe ... checking out some of the best urban swim spots in Portland. First up was Sellwood Riverfront Park. “This is probably Portland ...