Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a plan to allocate $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust to make the ...

Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday she will not veto a $45 million award to the Willamette Falls Trust, a nonprofit working ...

Kotek announced on July 31 she was considering vetoing three policy bills and line items that would direct millions of ...

A former congressman calls the $45 million appropriation a “slush fund,” while a key trade union urges Kotek to approve it.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has approved $45 million in funding to create a public access point at Willamette Falls, despite concerns over past spending and objections from the Confederated Tribes of the ...

Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday that she is considering vetoing a $45 million outlay to the Willamette Falls Trust ...

Unlike the others, the potential veto of the Willamette Falls Trust funds is a line item veto, in which Kotek has identified ...

Willamette Falls plan graphic (Courtesy: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) In the spring of 2021, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde shared its vision for the site’s future.

Willamette Falls deserves a bigger spotlight on its role in Oregon’s story. The falls represented the home of tribal villages and provided a space for numerous tribal ceremonies and trade.

The locks sit alongside the 40-foot-tall Willamette Falls between West Linn and Oregon City. They first opened in 1873 as a way for boats to travel between the upper and lower portions of the river.

The 20-year-old kayaker from California who went missing after going over Willamette Falls late Saturday evening, April 12, was an inexperienced kayaker and might not have known the falls were ...