A 29-year-old former tire shop manager who quit his job and cashed in his retirement savings to buy a sailboat has become a ...

He said he was inspired to make a change after he was diagnosed with a spinal condition that could leave him paralyzed.

A 29-year-old Clackamas High School graduate is sailing from Oregon to Hawaii with no prior open-ocean experience, a rare ...

OREGON, USA — Travel over this Memorial Day weekend is expected to set records, with AAA projecting 45.1 million Americans — including 617,000 Oregonians — will betraveling 50 miles or more from home.

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

Widger, 29, bought a boat in Portland and moved to Warrenton to prepare for what he called “a wild, impossible dream: to sail ...

Oliver Widger and his cat, Phoenix, have become social media stars as they journey across the Pacific Ocean. They’re lerning ...

May 3, 2025, Widger talks to the camera somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as he and his cat, Phoenix, sail from Oregon to Hawaii. (Oliver Widger via AP) ...

He heard about people who sailed from California to Hawaii and decided that was the ... mostly via YouTube and moved from Portland to the Oregon coast, where he spent months refitting the $50,000 ...