A U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter that was returned to Newport last week will remain stationed there, moving forward, two U.S. Senators for Oregon said on Thursday.

Oregon lawmakers and local residents have speculated that the federal government moved the helicopter to repurpose the airport site for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility A ...

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over boats searching the area where a boat capsized just off the San Diego coast Sunday, May 2, 2021, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) EUGENE, Ore. (CN) — A ...

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.

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 ...

A federal judge Monday ordered the Trump administration to leave a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter in Newport, after federal officials acknowledged diverting Coast Guard crews from Oregon to the ...