Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and embarking on a journey from Oregon to ...

He and feline Phoenix were welcomed by cheering fans at the end of a weekslong journey that he documented for his mass of followers on social media.

A Hawaii man has been sentenced to 41 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two Oregon children ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Hawaii man was sentenced to more than four decades in prison after traveling to Oregon and sexually abusing two children, then sharing video of the abuse online ...

A Captain Cook, Hawaii man has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to federal prison for sexually abusing two Oregon ...

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 ...

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) ...

sits inside their sailboat somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as both make their way from Oregon to Hawaii. Credit: AP/Oliver Widger Now, Widger is harnessing the power of social media to fund his ...