Anticipating early 2026 opening, Oregon seeks to block potential Newport ICE facility

Suspecting the federal government plans to open a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Newport, Oregon’s airport early next year, the state of Oregon asked a federal judge to ...

Police retrieve loose seal from Highway 101 in Newport, Oregon

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office credited community members, the Oregon State Police and the Oregon Coast Aquarium for ...

Something is floating inside the Oregon coast’s Devils Punchbowl, and it’s not pretty

For several days, a grisly scene has been playing out on the central Oregon coast: A piece of a dead whale (part of its head, ...
KTLA

Newport Beach launches 24/7 drilling to fix abandoned well that leaked methane, oil

Newport Beach officials have launched a 24/7 emergency drilling operation to repair an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that caused methane and oil to seep into a home on the Balboa Peninsula, prompting ...
KOIN 6

‘A big win’: U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to stay stationed at Newport, Oregon lawmakers say

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — 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 ...
Statesman Journal

US Coast Guard helicopter returned to Newport after relocation

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 ...
The Daily Astorian

U.S. Coast Guard assures Oregon lawmakers of Newport rescue helicopter’s return

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 ...
Orange County Register

Emergency drilling in Newport Beach tackles methane and oil leaks from 1920s well

Crews in Newport Beach are conducting an around-the-clock drilling operation to fix an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that leaked methane and oil into a home on the Balboa Peninsula. “The state of CA & ...
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Coast Guard pledges to keep rescue helicopter in Newport, Oregon Sen. Wyden says

Salem City Council may revisit reappointment of board member with past murder conviction The Salem City Council is reconsidering the reappointment of Kyle Hedquist, who has a past murder conviction, ...
NBC Los Angeles

Emergency work underway after abandoned oil well leaks in Newport Beach

Crews in Newport Beach are conducting an around-the-clock drilling operation to fix an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that leaked methane and oil into a home on the Balboa Peninsula. "The state of CA & ...
ABC7

Crews begin 24/7 emergency repair work on abandoned oil well in Newport Beach after gas leak

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A quiet Newport Beach neighborhood has turned into a 24/7 construction zone. Workers are trying to repair a 1920s-era abandoned oil well that's been leaking oil and ...