The Columbia River Bar Pilots organization was officially chartered in 1846 in Astoria, Oregon, 12 miles upriver, where today Victorian houses still crowd the steep hills to the waterfront and the ...

A 26-foot pleasure craft capsized at 10:30 a.m. with five people on board. Three were recovered by the Coast Guard, but two remain missing.

Tariffs and job cuts at federal agencies are making life more complicated for the Columbia River Bar Pilots, who play a critical role in connecting Pacific Northwest agriculture with buyers in the ...