And the Columbia River Pilots submitted a proposal to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard suggesting the channel be repositioned under the Lewis & Clark Bridge. They’re also working ...

Jeremy Nielsen, the president of Columbia River pilots, said on Wednesday morning, he had a meeting with the Coast Guard to analyze potential changes that could be made to enhance safety.

The Columbia River Bar Pilots prefer to use a helicopter to come ... unless we get permission through the Coast Guard. Certainly, if there's engine problems or steering problems, it stays out." ...

Year-round, the U.S. Coast Guard and Columbia River Bar Pilots also use NOAA’s buoys for navigation. Columbia River Bar Pilots guide ships from the ocean into Astoria. Dan Jordan, an ...

(KOIN) — A small plane made an emergency landing in the Columbia River not far from the Troutdale Airport, the Port of Portland told KOIN 6 News. The pilot ... The US Coast Guard is responding ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said the pilot "climbed out of the ... take to remove the plane from the Columbia River. KATU has asked the U.S. Coast Guard for more information on the ...

One of the most challenging water-rescue training programs in the world is run by the Coast Guard on the Columbia River when the conditions ... testing both boats and their pilots.

Surfmen pilot rescue boats over ... up and down the Oregon and Washington coast. You got Grays Harbor, Yaquina Base, Siuslaw, Umpqua. But the Columbia River is massive. You take North Jetty ...

Representatives for Columbia River shippers, bar pilots and crab fishers told The ... From there, they’ll head up the coast fixing more buoys. Then, in the fall, they’re slated to do another ...

A guide boat captain is missing and presumed dead after his vessel capsized in treacherous conditions on the Columbia River. The Coast Guard ... for the boat’s pilot, Michael Shufeldt, a ...

Two ships that have been abandoned in the Columbia River for years are being removed and the U.S. Coast Guard is working with state agencies to clean up the fuel and oil that leaked from the vessels.

ASTORIA, Ore. (KATU) — The U.S. Coast Guard said they suspended the search for two people in the Columbia River Bar late Saturday night. Officials say they were looking for a 54-year-old male ...