OIOpublisher ASTORIA, Ore. — A 26-foot Coast Guard Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat capsized Saturday, January 4th with four crew members aboard near Pier 39 in Astoria. Four Coast Guardsmen were aboard…
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Coast Guard completes 5-hr tow of fishing vessel offshore Yachats, Ore. on Tuesday, Dec. 31st
A Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew towed a disabled 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Tuesday night across the Yaquina Bay Bar approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Yachats, Oregon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard…
Tillamook County Shop with a Cop Celebrates 15 years
On Saturday, December 21st dozens of local law enforcement officers shopped at Tillamook’s Fred Meyer Store. The purpose of the Shop with a Cop program is to build an everlasting trust and…
Spirit of Oregon adorns Coast Guard’s North Bend helicopters
The artwork to be placed on the tail of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, in North Bend, Oregon Nov. 22, 2019. The thunderbird design incorporates patterns and…
Coast Guard concludes waterways analysis study of Tillamook Bay, hosts public meeting Nov. 14th
GARIBALDI, Ore. — The Coast Guard will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the conclusion of the waterways analysis and management system (WAMS) survey and recent Aids to Navigation changes made…
Coast Guard cutter returns to Oregon following $54 million cocaine seizure in Eastern Pacific Ocean
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to their homeport of Astoria Friday following a 10,700 nautical mile, 65-day, multi-mission patrol, resulting in the interdiction of…
Coast Guard rescues 5 from sailboat off Oregon coast
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued five adults aboard a disabled sailing vessel Wednesday, October 16th, 20-miles west of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. At approximately, 5:15 a.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North…
Coast Guard to set safety zone for salvage operations in Columbia River
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a safety zone to assist with salvage efforts on the Columbia River beginning Friday morning. Operations to remove the sunken tug ‘Diane’…
Coast Guard urges safe boating during holiday weekend
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard urges boaters in the Pacific Northwest to use extra caution while on the water this Labor Day weekend. Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of the…
Coast Guard Cutter Aspen maintains navigation aids in the Pacific Northwest
Coast Guard members established missing aids to navigation and realigned the entrance to Tillamook Bay this week during an ongoing mission along the Pacific Northwest coast. Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, a 225-foot…