A birthday trip to the beach near Kodiak Island in Alaska took a terrifying turn as a woman, her two friends and two small dogs became stranded in a bright pink flamingo inflatable raft. Hollie Spence ...

A federal judge in Eugene extended a temporary court order on Monday requiring the U.S. Coast Guard to maintain a search and rescue helicopter in Newport for at least the next two weeks. The agency ...

EUGENE, Ore. (CN) — A federal judge on Monday found the indefinite removal of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter from the ...

Eli Imadali / OPB The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.

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 ...

The Coast Guard pulled a rescue helicopter from the Oregon coast in May and reassigned it to San Diego ahead of Oregon's busy crabbing season.

Federal officials acknowledged diverting Coast Guard crews from Oregon to the southern U.S. border amid an immigration ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has vowed to keep its rescue helicopter in Newport, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday, following a court order to return the aircraft to the coastal Oregon city. “Some great news: ...

For decades, the search-and-rescue helicopter was kept at the Newport Municipal Airport before being abruptly moved in October without public input or notice.

Two people were rescued early Wednesday morning after their 30-foot sailboat lost its mast and became disabled about 40 miles ...