Gold Beach, Ore. – Seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has reached the West Coast of the United States for the first time. The Statesman Journal reports Cesium-134 was measured in seawater samples taken from Gold Beach and Tillamook ...
Bandon, Ore. — Two earthquakes hit the Oregon Coast. The first one around 7:30 Sunday night, about 110 miles off the coast of Bandon. It measured magnitude 4.9. The second was reported at 2:00 Monday morning, about 137 miles west ...
Astoria, Ore. — A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the northwest corner of Oregon this morning. The USGS says the quake was reported just before 8:00 Wednesday morning, about 7 miles northwest of Astoria. The earthquake struck more than 34 miles ...
Brookings, Ore. — The first big storm of the season has already begun to bring high force wind and heavy rain to Southwestern Oregon. The coast has been the hardest-hit area, and they’re expecting even stronger conditions Saturday morning. Multiple ...
Manzanita, Ore.- A tornado touched down about 8:40 Friday morning in Manzanita, according to the Tillamook County Reporter. Manzanita is near Tillamook in Tillamook County. Pictures made available to KOBI-TV NBC5 show downed trees and power lines. The Tillamook County ...
Pacific City, Ore. – The destruction of an iconic Oregon Coast landmark is now under investigation after video surfaced that reportedly shows a group of people knocking over the “Duckbill” rock formation. Oregon Parks and Recreation said when the sandstone ...
Brookings, Ore. – The Curry County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team helped to save a person stranded on a rock at Harris Beach State Park on Saturday. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report of a man ...
Bad weather hampered efforts to find a missing plane off the Brookings coast, just as authorities said they’re closing in on finding the aircraft. The plane carrying John Belnap, his son Max and his friend Ryan Merker left the Brookings ...
Salem, Ore. — Two medium-sized earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of Oregon since Sunday. An image provided by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network’s website shows where a 4.6-magnitude quake struck off the Oregon Coast just before noon on ...
Curry County, Ore. – A body has been found in a pile of driftwood along a Port Orford area beach. Police say the person appears to have been deceased for quite some time. According to the Curry County Sheriff’s Department, ...