Residents of an oft-flooded pier in downtown Portland are aware of the bottom line: “The water is making the decisions for us ...

Jan. 18—The long-awaited $25 million Portland Harbor dredging project starts on Monday as contractors begin digging a 9-acre pit in a shallow South Portland cove where seven decades of a working ...

2017 7:47 p.m. Thousands of people gathered Monday along Portland's downtown harbor wall and in the Willamette River to see the solar eclipse. Perhaps 100 people took to the water for the show.

As trade flourished, the lack of markers for the entrance to Portland Harbor made the journey a dangerous one for incoming merchants, leading to the construction of the state's first lighthouse.

Holiday festivities are underway across the state including right in Portland. On Saturday, the city’s annual Harbor Christmas Parade of Lights lit up the waterfront, with boats all decked out ...

Tides can drop as much as 12 feet in Portland Harbor during full or new moons. At low tide, boats often wind up stuck in the mud, forced to lift their engines or use poles to push their way out ...