Hatfield Marine Science Center

Among the White House’s latest potential cuts to federal spending is the elimination of the scientific research unit for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. If enacted, those could have a major impact on a coastal Oregon city.

The central Oregon coast is infused with federal money, has branches of many federal agencies and is home to its hundreds of its employees.

Daniel Roeser admits there may have been a time or two this summer when his work helping assemble a five-foot-long autonomous miniboat felt a bit like drudgery.

When Oregon State University asked years ago to expand its Hatfield Marine Science Center it made a commitment to develop housing for some of the students, faculty and researchers drawn to the new facility. On Monday, it officially broke ground on a $16.5 million, 77-unit apartment project to do just that.

There’s a new resident Giant Pacific Octopus at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. The cephalopod is there thanks to a local crab boat.

When completed, the 5,000-pound finished product will be one of only six complete blue whale skeletons on display in the United States and one of maybe two dozen anywhere in the world.

Oregon State University’s marine researchers want an octopus. They’re asking local fishermen to let them know if they happen to find one.

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees Friday approved a $16.5 million housing project in Newport.

Warmer weather and Memorial Day weekend will draw more Oregonians to the coast, but experts urge beachgoers to avoid stranded seals and sea lions if they find them onshore.

Dreams of putting a 70-foot long blue whale skeleton on display are inching closer to reality, after the mammal washed ashore on the Oregon Coast eight years ago.

Oregon State University researches have recieved a $4.2 grant to study how increasingly warm temperatures and water quality are affecting marine life, and how fisheries can adapt.

Newport is seeking public input on how to spend a final round of urban renewal dollars in the city’s South Beach neighborhood. An urban renewal district…