PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dark smoke billowed through the sky Saturday in Southeast Portland due to a “wildland” fire on Ross Island, officials say. Portland Fire and Rescue crews responded to the fire ...

Dark smoke billowed over parts of Portland Saturday afternoon as firefighters worked to attack a fire on Ross Island. The fire was reported at 4:43 p.m. Portland firefighters were about to call a ...

A cluster of more than 500 islands off the coast of India has a lot of history. During the Indian Rebellion, the islands were the site of jails run by the British — who also built themselves fancy ...

State environmental regulators have released proposed rules to monitor the Ross Island lagoon in the Willamette River for toxic algal blooms. The lagoon’s owner, Ross Island Sand & Gravel, must ...

won a key endorsement for downsizing its restoration work on the Willamette River island in 2002, a big reason was the company's declaration that it would finish the work in a decade. The larger, more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An environmental group is suing Oregon's water quality regulatory agency, alleging that the state has allowed a company called Ross Island Sand & Gravel to worsen water quality in the ...

In 2020, Ross Island Sand & Gravel sold its namesake island in the Willamette River to a related pension fund for $10.8 million, a price so high one critic called it “egregious.” Court records newly ...