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

  • Shaanth Nanguneri

A rescue helicopter that’s long been kept at Newport’s Municipal Airport and Coast Guard facility on the Oregon Coast will remain there, an official for the federal agency assured Oregon’s U.S. Senators in writing. It follows major local fallout over the Coast Guard’s decision to relocate the helicopter further south on the Coast to North […]

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Rescue helicopter will return, remain in Newport, Oregon’s US senators say

  • Shaanth Nanguneri

The U.S Coast Guard has promised to indefinitely return a life-saving rescue helicopter to its facility at Newport’s Municipal Airport, Oregon’s two U.S. senators said Thursday, capping weeks of angst in the town ahead of a dangerous crab fishing season.  The U.S. Coast Guard removed the helicopter in late October with no public explanation from […]

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Oregon labor bureau audit cites poor management for backlog of wage, civil rights claims

  • Shaanth Nanguneri

A pattern of ill-advised management decisions reflecting “strategic neglect” and an ongoing lack of resources have fueled the backlog of thousands of worker complaints made to Oregon’s top labor rights enforcement agency, according to a Thursday audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.  The 31-page review of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries […]

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Oregon sheriffs warn lawmakers about decline

  • Jonathan Cooper, Associated Press
  • Updated

SALEM — Sheriffs from Oregon timber counties warned state lawmakers on Wednesday that their ability to protect their communities is continuing to decline as costs rise and funding plummets.