After two days of false starts and dashed hopes, divers recovered a portion of the station wagon they believe carried the Martin family of Portland on their ill-fated journey through the Columbia ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Christmas photo of the Ken Martin family, from left, Barbara, 7; Ken, Barbara, Sue, 4; Donald, 21; and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged ...

The case of the Martin family’s disappearance has bewildered local residents and investigators for more than six decades — until Friday. By Simon J. Levien On Dec. 7, 1958, Ken and Barbara ...

(Ken Martin family via AP, File) Authorities will try again Friday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared ...

FILE - The Christmas photo of the Ken Martin family, from left, Barbara, 7; Ken, Barbara, Sue, 4; Donald, 21; and Virginia, 6; in Portland, Ore., in December 1952 ...

Kenneth Martin’s family was, by all accounts, quintessentially all-American. His father was a Presbyterian pastor who had moved to Oregon in the early 1900s. By 1958, Kenneth Martin, a 54-year ...

Investigators weren’t able to definitively confirm that the car retrieved from the Columbia River earlier this month belonged ...

Johnnie: When heading east on Ken Pratt Boulevard, heading east to Costco, there are three lanes from U.S. 287 until you get to South Martin Street. Then the right lane is right turn only.

in December 1952. (Ken Martin family via AP, File) Authorities will try again Friday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who ...

After Mayo provided part of the license plate number and other vehicle identifiers, the sheriff’s office and the Columbia Gorge major crimes team, along with the Oregon State Crime Lab, arranged to ...