Car found in Columbia River could be tied to family missing since 1958 By OPB staff (OPB) March 6, 2025 1:05 p.m. Updated: March 7, 2025 6:32 p.m.

Then, in 2018, Archer Mayo, a diver from across the river in White Salmon, Wash., who is obsessed with recovering items from rivers and solving mysteries, began searching for the Martins’ Ford.

After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled from the Columbia River a Ford station wagon that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago ...

The Columbia River Gorge was hit with flooding, rockslides and powerful winds on Feb. 23 as an atmospheric river bombarded the region, bringing record rain to downtown Portland.