Sure, there are plenty of lobsters and lighthouses in Maine. But lots of tourist-baiting coastal communities can serve up that classic New England combo of fried seafood joints and briny fridge ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Sunny skies and warmer temperatures will turn Portland into an island this weekend. The Portland island won’t involve water, but rather an island of heat surrounded by cooler ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Police confirm a shooting on Swan Island Monday night is related to ongoing gang violence. A sergeant with the Portland Police Bureau said about 60 people were at McDonalds on Swan ...

An early morning fire on Saturday severely damaged a historic fort being renovated as a hotel on Portland’s Great Diamond Island. The Bangor Daily News reported the fire did between $5 million and $9 ...

A 12-acre private island off the coast of Portland, Maine, with panoramic views of Casco Bay, is renting as a pandemic safe haven for $250,000 per week. "Europe is closed to Americans, summertime ...

The Sauvie Island Bridge has officially been renamed to the Wapato Bridge. The name comes from a wetland tuber, long harvested from the Lower Columbia Basin by Indigenous tribes. The Multnomah County ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Firefighters extinguished a “challenging” warehouse fire on Swan Island in North Portland Sunday morning. Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to the scene of the fire at ...

My hands are trembling, but I don’t dare stop paddling my kayak. Eyes focused on the small forested island in the distance, I plunge my paddle into the choppy ocean, counting to two with each stroke ...

The faded and peeling paint on the Ross Island bridge has made the steel structure look like something from a post-apocalyptic movie. (ODOT) There's nothing unusual about rush hour commuters seeing ...

Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks NA are relying on Kansas-based engineering, procurement and construction firm Black & Veatch to bring to fruition their plan for a public charging station ...