Coast Guard urges safety during incoming storm
WARRENTON — The Coast Guard would like to caution beach-goers and mariners to remain vigilant of significant weather conditions that will pass along the Pacific Northwest coast this weekend.Remnants of...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to medical emergency
CAPE D — A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment medically assisted a 28-year-old male who was reportedly experiencing symptoms of a seizure aboard a 70-foot fishing vessel about 12...
View ArticleSix local heroes showcased for safety efforts
ILWACO — The local American Legion Post held their 28th annual Safety Awards dinner at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum on Oct. 28. This event recognizes first responders. Post Commander Dick...
View ArticleLocal Coast Guard responds after climber dies in fall on Mount Jefferson
DETROIT — Marion County authorities say a climber has died from a fall on Mount Jefferson.Coast Guard Air Station Astoria assisted several national and local agencies to search for a woman and her...
View ArticleCoast Guard closes Columbia River ports
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard has closed all maritime entrances in the Pacific Northwest Friday, due to severe sea conditions and large amounts of debris in the water.In Oregon, Columbia River ports...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues overturned kayaker near Ilwaco
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued a 55-year-old man who had been clinging to his overturned kayak for three and a half hours in Baker Bay east of Ilwaco on Jan. 17.An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews rescue six along Oregon, Washington coast
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard says crews rescued six people in three different search-and-rescue calls Saturday along the Washington and Oregon Coast.The Coast Guard reported rescuing three people on...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues two men and three children from Long Island
LONG BEACH — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued five people, including three children, who were stranded March 13 on Willapa Bay’s Long Island.The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, from Air Station Astoria,...
View ArticleBulk carrier runs aground
CATHLAMET — The U.S. Coast Guard is closely monitoring the bulk carrier Sparna that ran aground in the main shipping channel of the Columbia River just after midnight Monday near Cathlamet.Pollution...
View ArticlePossible tsunami boat nears shore in southern Oregon
BANDON — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew spotted a portion of a boat, estimated at 25 to 30 feet in length, in the Pacific Ocean off the southern Oregon coast on March 16. After the Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues three men from South Jetty
WARRENTON — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men on Thursday who were stranded while reportedly fishing off the South Jetty.The men, who were about a mile out on the jetty, were hoisted to safety by...
View ArticleDivers find wreckage of missing plane in Columbia River
After several hours of searching, divers located the private plane that disappeared into the Columbia River Wednesday afternoon and the bodies of the pilot and passenger, the Clatsop County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCoast Guard in midst of welcome upgrades
Last week’s intense action for the U.S. Coast Guard in the Columbia estuary and elsewhere on the coast — including searching for a missing airplane between Megler and Astoria — highlights the agency’s...
View ArticleCantwell intervenes to help local Coast Guard access care
WASHINGTON — Due to a change in the status of a Sector Columbia River medical and dental clinic, local Coast Guard families are sometimes being forced to travel hundreds of miles to get health...
View ArticleCoast Guard warns of consequences for false mayday calls
WARRENTON — The Coast Guard issued a warning that there are serious legal consequences for making false mayday reports.Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Command Center personnel received four...
View ArticleAnimal rights group sues Coast Guard
Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), an animal rights group trying to document the culling of cormorants on East Sand Island by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, filed suit Friday against...
View ArticleWarrenton girl drowns off Klipsan Beach
LONG BEACH — Daniela Garcia Camacho, a 12-year-old Warrenton girl, fatally drowned while playing in or near the waves in the Klipsan Beach area on Sunday, May 22.“These just make me sick. It’s like...
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