An RB-S boat crew from Coast Guard Station Freeport embarks a surfer who was beset by weather off Freeport, Texas, September 11, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard video, courtesy Station Freeport) The Coast ...
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.
A federal judge in Eugene extended a temporary court order on Monday requiring the U.S. Coast Guard to maintain a search and rescue helicopter in Newport for at least the next two weeks. The agency ...