Oregon Coast

Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration.

A decision by the Trump administration to quickly dismantle a complex and massive array of underwater equipment that for 10 years has studied the ocean’s health has stunned and dismayed researchers in Newport and Corvallis.

Just in time for summer, there is a newly updated Oregon Coast Bike Route map.

Last September, the National Science Foundation removed two of its three floating observation stations off Newport, Oregon, and all three of its stations off Grays Harbor, Washington, from the water and warehoused them in Corvallis, Oregon.

A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers is asking state environmental regulators to pump the brakes on enforcing a set of civil fines against Pacific Seafood while the company appeals.

The Oregon Coast Humane Society said it confirmed two separate incidents of parvo in the Florence area and is urging local and visiting dog owners to take precautions.

The city of Newport helped fend off an effort by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to land Oregon’s first and only immigration detention center at its airport.

The nesting-season closures are among the reasons why the birds have reached their target population number along the west coast.

The iconic roadway is celebrating a milestone this year: the 100th anniversary of its designation as a federal highway.

The Heceta Head Lighthouse, long the brightest beacon on the Oregon coast, has gone dark, due to needed repairs to the complex gears that help rotate its antique lamp works.

The so-called King tides that dash against Oregon’s coastline every winter may grab all the headlines, but an upcoming series of extremely low tides promise to reveal some magic of their own.

Stops are planned for Charleston and Coos Bay from through Wednesday, May 13, and in Newport from May 15-22, with free tours, student field trips and educational presentations.