Oregon Coast

A missing helicopter and a possible immigrant detention center have roiled the coastal city.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fisherman’s Wives group filed a similar lawsuit.

The Wednesday night meeting started with surprising news: City officials said the federal contractor that first reached out last week about leasing property at the municipal airport had rescinded their letter of intent.

It’s the latest sign U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a major new facility on the Oregon Coast.

A letter to the City of Newport last week suggested that unspecified federal operations are planned for December.

Rumors have spread since last week that the Trump administration is planning an outpost on Oregon's central coast.

A massive heat wave is hitting the Pacific Ocean from Kamchatka to California.

Oregon will receive federal emergency funding to support recovery efforts in three southwest counties that experienced intense storms and floods between March 13- 20.

Unusually high mortality for gray whales along the coast has researchers concerned for the recovering species.

President Donald Trump's proposal would defund the 11-region Integrated Ocean Observing System — cutting off the buoys, drones and radar that feed Oregon, Washington state and other coasts the real-time wave, wind and current data vital for safe shipping, tsunami routes and storm forecasts.

Two sea turtles washed up along Oregon’s beaches in the final days of 2024 due to hypothermic shock, bringing the number of sea turtles that appeared on the state’s shores last year to 17.

A new report spells out exactly how much Oregon’s kelp forests have shrunk over the past decade or so — and the picture is bleak.