Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is considering vetoing a plan to allocate $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust, along with three ...

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

Kotek has until Aug. 8 to decide whether to sign bills passed by the 2025 Oregon Legislature, let them go into law without her signature or veto them.

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

Tribal leaders and community advocates are urging Governor Tina Kotek to support the restoration and public access of lands ...

PGE and the Willamette Falls Trust have been collaborating on a public access project at the falls since 2023, though no significant advances have been made since the project’s initial announcement.

A federal trial is now underway in the legal battle for a fishing area at the base of Willamette Falls, pitting the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde against Portland General Electric's plan to ...

As lawmakers finished the 2025 session, the so-called Christmas tree bill contained few presents larger than the $45 million included in House Bill 5006 for the Willamette Falls Trust to purchase ...

He said the kayaker likely did not know about the falls when he put in around 10 p.m. from a floating home community, where he was vacationing with his family less than a mile upstream from the falls.

By Libby Dowsett, KGW OREGON CITY, Ore. (KGW) — Investigators have turned up more information about the missing kayaker who went over the Willamette Falls in Oregon City late Saturday night, but ...

Update: Searchers recovered the man’s kayak Sunday but the man was still missing. A man in a kayak went over Willamette Falls about 11 p.m. Saturday and did not resurface, the Clackamas County ...