Local first responders are used to meeting rescue helicopters in the field at Cape Tech. But not ones that can carry up to ...

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 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 ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Days after a federal judge ordered the return of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport, they have done so - and promised not to move it again, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ...

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 ...

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 ...