Since early November, several Oregon Democrats have speculated that the Coast Guard facility in Newport’s Municipal Airport ...

The Coast Guard’s relocation of a rescue helicopter from Newport, Ore., has met a chorus of protests that fishermen’s lives ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to ...

Newport Mayor Jan Kaplan has voiced strong support for the Newport Fishermen’s Wives in their legal battle against the U.S.

"The danger presented by the lack of rescue helicopter coverage justifies” the granting of a temporary order “on an expedited basis,” the judge wrote.

A young, beached humpback whale has been euthanized after being caught in a fishing net. Attempts to rescue her proved futile ...

A young humpback whale beached on the central Oregon coast and entangled in old Dungeness crab fishing gear was euthanized on ...