OREGON – Oregon is set to get what might be its cutest license plate design yet … a Puffin Plate. The Oregon Coast Aquarium opened voucher sales for a new license plate that it says should “fit the bill.” The ...
NEWPORT, Ore. – The Oregon Coast Aquarium is set to receive $500,000 to support the construction of a new rehabilitation center. The grant money, which comes from the Marcia H. Randall Foundation, will go toward the expansion of the aquarium’s ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) NEWPORT, Ore. — Gray whales are a sight to see and we are fortunate to have them off our coast, feeding in the summer months. Oregon State University scientists have been watching them much more closely than the rest ...
Author: Katherine Cook (KGW) NEWPORT, Oregon — Betty Lorsung remembers 1953 like it was yesterday. The events of that year have been seared into her heart and mind since the day her parents gave her their orders: The 15-year-old Coos ...
Author: Thomas Shults (KGW) NEWPORT, Ore. (KGW) — Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer has resigned, city officials confirmed Monday, following a weekend of protests after he was accused of posting homophobic and racist memes in a Facebook group. Sawyer’s resignation took ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) NEWPORT, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon environmental officials say cleanup is nearly complete following a Feb. 10 train derailment near Newport that spilled an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The derailment involved a Portland & Western ...
NEWPORT, Ore. – Commercial Dungeness crab fishing will open next month on the southern Oregon coast. The earliest crab season could start was in December, but it was delayed low meat yield and high acid levels. The Oregon Department of Fish and ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Canadian man was found sailing off the Oregon Coast with 28 jugs of liquid methamphetamine. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter happened upon a sailing vessel traveling north 225 miles ...
NEWPORT, Ore. (KPTV/CNN) – An Oregon woman is accused of trying to murder her own six-year-old son with a knife. According to court documents, she told police he deserved it. It was an empty playground at the Agate Heights ...
NEWPORT, Ore. – For some Oregonians, it could be a once in a lifetime opportunity: get up-close and personal with a pair of tall ships, fully-rigged and ready to sail the open sea. After an initial delay in arrival, Lady ...