U.S. Coast Guard

Memos and court records indicate staffing issues, maintenance problems have stretched Coast Guard’s helicopter fleet thin.

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.

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

Local governments in Oregon have struggled with the extent to which they should resist or comply with increasingly aggressive federal immigration policy, but one town took a different approach.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Coast Guard to return Newport’s rescue helicopter, citing safety risks as lawsuits challenge its sudden removal during crabbing season.

On Sunday, hundreds of Newport residents told Oregon Senator Ron Wyden they want a Coast Guard helicopter returned, and an ICE detention center halted.

Commissioners say they will take part in efforts to return the rescue helicopter to a Coast Guard facility at Newport Municipal Airport

A U.S. Coast Guard crew braved dangerous surf and high winds to recover a man’s body from Thor’s Well near Cape Perpetua. Rescue swimmer Tyler Gantt shares the harrowing details of the mission and issues a stark warning to visitors.

Heavy rain along the Oregon coast has led to road closures, landslides and the evacuation of an RV park in Tillamook County.

The Oregon Department of Transportation’s proposal to build a new bridge, and redo another, to ease traffic over the Willamette River in Eugene may be…

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…

The U.S. Coast Guard is officially investigating the deaths of three crab fishermen near Newport last week . KLCC’s Brian Bull reports.On January 9th,…