Coastal News

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) invites the public to ring in 2014 by participating in one of 30 guided hikes to take place in state parks on New Year's Day. This is the third year that OPRD h...

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded at Cape Mendocino in Northern California Monday, Dec. 16, where two fault lines leave land to enter the Pacific Ocean and then turn north to run parallel with the Oregon ...

Four people were ar rested Thursday following service of a search warrant at a Newport-area residence by members of the Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (LINT), Newport Police Department, Lincoln County Sheri...

A truck driver was not injured after the commercial truck he was driving rolled over, dumping several bales of cardboard and blocking Highway 20 near Eddyville for several hours. Oregon State Police (OSP) is co...

Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into the cause of Friday afternoon's two vehicle serious injury crash that occurred along Highway 101 south of Manzanita in Tillamook County. On Decembe...

On December 6, 2013 at approximately 4:45 p.m., Newport Police Officers were dispatched to a kidnapping of a child. Officers were advised that an unknown male abducted a seven (7) year old girl and took her int...

An earthquake shook the northern end of two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast Sunday morning, Dec. 15. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.7-magnitude quake occurred at 10:11 a.m., ...

The discovery of high levels of arsenic and a toxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in shipments of Geoduck Clams from the Pacific Northwest has led the Chinese government to halt all imports of...

A 37-foot wooden fishing boat ran aground on the Central Oregon Coast Saturday night, Dec. 14.  “The Nat” was reportedly attempting to return to Yaquina Bay at Newport when it struck the South Jetty in darkness...

The 2013-14 Oregon Commercial Dungeness Crab Season is underway.  Crabbers could start pulling their pots from the Pacific Ocean seafloor at 12:01 a.m. along the Oregon Coast.  The season runs through the middl...