The U.S. Coast Guard has permanently returned its rescue helicopter to Newport after removing the aircraft without explanation in October. That’s according to Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, who ...

The U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter removed from Newport has been returned, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said. "I just got off the phone with the U.S. Coast Guard, who has ...

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A US District Court judge ordered the US Coast Guard to immediately return a rescue helicopter to Newport while the case about its removal moves forward. Judge Ann Aiken from ...

Last week, residents of Newport, Oregon, woke up to find their life-saving helicopter gone and efforts to develop a large-scale immigration detention facility in place of the existing Coast Guard air ...

A federal judge has ordered the immediate return of the U.S. Coast Guard's search and rescue helicopter to Newport after it was relocated to North Bend without warning. Lincoln County and the Newport ...

NEWPORT, Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield says a lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, requesting the return of the Coast Guard rescue helicopter ...

Some residents in Newport, Ore., believed that the Trump administration had removed its Coast Guard rescue helicopter to make way for an immigration detention site. By Anna Griffin The Trump ...

Local fisherman Michael Pettis said the helicopter — which has been in Newport for decades — has played a critical role in marine safety for years. “The Coast Guard does a tremendous job in having our ...

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