Coast Guard

Politics & Government

Oregon asks judge to block potential ICE detention center in Newport

Dirk VanderHart

The state Department of Justice says the Trump administration hasn’t met key requirements.

U.S. Coast Guard crews and Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital staff trained last week on getting patients in and out of the aircraft during hospital landings.

Politics & Government

Coast Guard leader tells politicians it will keep rescue helicopter in Newport, but lawyer says to prove it in court

Quinton Smith

Oregon’s two senators and the congresswomen representing Lincoln County got a letter of reassurance Friday from the U.S. Coast Guard’s commandant that he intends to permanently keep its rescue helicopter in Newport.

Politics & Government

Federal attorneys now say Coast Guard helicopter will remain in Newport until spring and then could be moved

Quinton Smith

When U.S. Department of Justice attorneys appear in federal court Monday in Eugene, they will argue that Newport Fishermen’s Wives, Lincoln County and the state of Oregon shouldn’t be allowed to interfere in routine and temporary operations as to when, where and how the Coast Guard deploys its rescue helicopters.

FILE: The sun sets over the U.S. Coast Guard facility at the Newport Municipal Airport, where the rescue helicopter resides. Pictured on Nov. 17, 2025.

Politics & Government

US Coast Guard returns rescue helicopter to Newport

Dirk VanderHart, Amanda Linares

This comes after a judge last month ordered the Coast Guard to return the helicopter immediately while a lawsuit challenging its abrupt removal proceeds.

A crowd of protestors with signs gathers inside a hallway.

Politics & Government

'We are going to do everything we can to fight this’: Newport unites against ICE facility, Coast Guard helicopter loss

Brianna Bowman

Hundreds of community members showed up Wednesday evening for a special meeting of the Newport City Council to offer public comment on the potential new ICE facility to be located at the Newport Municipal Airport.

Disasters & Accidents

Captain of Newport-based crab boat that sank details what happened Sunday as Coast Guard calls off search for missing man

Garret Jaros

The Coast Guard’s search for a man lost at sea after Newport-based fishing vessel Das Bug capsized Sunday afternoon ended without success Monday.

A helicopter hovers over ocean waters as a boat lingers bellow. The shoreline is rocky, and on-lookers stand and watch as a rescue is attempted.

Disasters & Accidents

Yachats man perishes Sunday during rescue attempt of woman, sons at mouth of the Yachats River

Quinton Smith

A man who camped and rented the past two years around Yachats is missing and presumed drowned after he attempted to rescue a woman and her two sons.

Disasters & Accidents

Three Crabbers Found Alive After Boat Capsizes Off Coos Bay

Tiffany Eckert

Three crab fishermen were rescued last (Tuesday) night after their boat was found washed up on the North Jetty, near the entrance to Coos Bay. US Coast…

Military & Veterans

Newport Rescue Helicopter Lawsuit To Be Reviewed

Karen Richards

Congress gave Newport’s Coast Guard air station a one-year reprieve after a threatened December closure. The community still fears they’ll lose their…

Politics & Government

Newport Helicopter Hearing Set For Thursday In Eugene

Karen Richards

Federal District Court Judge Michael McShane will hold a hearing Thursday in the Newport Fisherman’s Wives’ suit against the U.S. Coast Guard. As theCoast…

Crime, Law & Justice

Newport Groups File Lawsuit Against Coast Guard

Karen Richards

Newport's search and rescue Coast Guard air facility is scheduled to cease operations December 15th. Tuesday morning, four groups filed a lawsuit in…

Disasters & Accidents

Newport Rescue Helicopter Closure Delayed

The Newport Coast Guard helicopter facility is getting a small reprieve. Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Congressman Kurt Shrader Tuesday…