Oregon Coast

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

It’s the clearest sign yet that a detention center could be coming to the coastal fishing city.

The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died when their boat capsized roughly 20 miles off the central 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said the federal contractor that first reached out last week about leasing property at the municipal airport had rescinded their letter of intent.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.