Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with astoria www.salem-news.com 2010 The Coast Guard airlifted two people after their skiff ran aground in Skagit Bay just southeast of La Conner, Wash., Thursday. At approximately 6:00 p.m., Skagit County, Wash. Sheriff’s Dept. received a call stating a 20-ft inflatable skiff had run aground in shallow water just south of Goat Island. http://salem-news.com/articles/december312010/uscg-rescues.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december312010/uscg-rescues.php Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:52:00 PST The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Sector Columbia River, in Astoria, Oregon, has closed the Columbia River, Yaquina Bay, Ore., Siuslaw River, Ore., and Grays Harbor, Wash., bar entrances due to hazardous conditions, Tuesday. The bar closures are for all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to re-opening must be approved by the Captain of the Port, Sector Columbia River. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16 or Sector Columbia River by telephone at (503) 861-6211 for further information or to request crossing. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022010/oregon-coast-bar-closures.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022010/oregon-coast-bar-closures.php Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:46:00 PDT Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish and Wildlife Division troopers from the Astoria Area Command office are asking for the public's help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for an illegal shooting of an elk in rural Clatsop County last weekend. A reward of up to $500 for information leading to an arrest in this case is being offered by the Oregon Hunters Association Turn in a Poacher (T.I.P.) Program. According to Trooper Jim O'Connor, on October 30, 2010, OSP Fish and Wildlife Division troopers responded to a report of a wounded cow elk on the Youngs River mainline near milepost 6. The elk had been shot with a firearm and the meat was salvaged by OSP troopers. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022010/clatsop-poaching.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022010/clatsop-poaching.php Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:50:00 PDT The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Sector Columbia River, reopened the Columbia River, Yaquina Bay, Oregon, Coos Bay, Oregon, Umpqua River, Oregon, and Grays Harbor, Washington, bar entrances Tuesday, with restrictions to recreational and uninspected passenger vessels. The closures of the Depoe Bay, Oregon, Tillamook Bay, Oregon, and Siuslaw River, Oregon, bar entrances are still in effect due to hazardous conditions. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262010/coastguard-closure-updates.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262010/coastguard-closure-updates.php Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:41:00 PDT The Coast Guard and local authorities have suspended the search for a boater who went missing Friday after his 14-foot boat capsized approximately one mile offshore near Waldport, Ore. The search was suspended at 1:20 p.m. Saturday after the Coast Guard and local authorities searched for the boater throughout Friday night and Saturday. http://salem-news.com/articles/september252010/search-suspended.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september252010/search-suspended.php Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:31:00 PDT Aviation Survival Technician 2nd Class Obrien Starr-Hollow, Aviation Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Shawn McCann and Health Service Technician 1st Class Russell Whitman of Air Station Astoria, Ore., tend to a 69-year-old man medically evacuated from the cruise ship Bolendam with head and back injuries Sept. 24, 2010. The man was taken to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore., for treatment. http://salem-news.com/articles/september252010/astoria-coastguard-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september252010/astoria-coastguard-rescue.php Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:29:00 PDT Police are continuing the investigation into Friday afternoon's two vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 202 about three miles east of Astoria. A 1999 Volkswagen was westbound on Highway 202 near milepost 5 negotiating a curve when it crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an eastbound 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac with two adult female occupants. http://salem-news.com/articles/september182010/astoria-fatal.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september182010/astoria-fatal.php Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:51:00 PDT The Coast Guard is responding to the capsizing of a barge approximately eight miles from the Columbia River bar near Astoria, Ore. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132010/barge-capsize.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132010/barge-capsize.php Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:29:00 PDT The Coast Guard assisted Cannon Beach, Oregon authorities with the rescue of two people from a cave at Cannon Beach Saturday. A spokesperson for the Coast Group/Air Station Astoria, says they received a request for assistance from Cannon Beach authorities. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282009/uscg_rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282009/uscg_rescue.php Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:43:00 PST The Coast Guard suspended the search for an overdue 65-year-old fisherman who was reported missing in Oregon's Nehalem Bay Friday. The Coast Guard searched for the fisherman approximately five hours before suspending the search pending any new information that would assist in locating the man. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/uscg_search_10-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/uscg_search_10-9-09.php Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:02:00 PDT The Coast Guard, Rockaway Beach, Oregon Police and Fire, the Tillamook Sheriff's department, Nehalem Fire and Tillamook County EMS responded to a report of six people in distress after the 21-foot boat they were in capsized at the entrance to Nehalem Bay, Monday. A Coast Guard official reports that around 12:55 p.m., their rescue station at Tillamook Bay received a call from Tillamook County 911 relaying a report from a Good Samaritan of a capsized boat at the entrance of Nehalem Bay. The Coast Guard crews at Tillamook Bay launched two rescue boat crews to the Nehalem Bay entrance and a beach crew to the Nehalem Bay South jetty to assist local police, fire and sheriff crews who were also responding. http://salem-news.com/articles/september072009/uscg_9-7-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september072009/uscg_9-7-09.php Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:49:00 PDT The crew of the 39-foot fishing vessel Kay Ann contacted the Coast Guard at approximately 1:30 p.m. Friday. The crew of the Kay Ann were two hours from Astoria when they called to inform officials they were fine. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, homeported in Seattle, and two C-130 Hercules search plane crews from Coast Guard Air Station Sacrame nto, Calif., searched for the boat since late Thursday after the Kay Ann was reported overdue. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242009/kay_ann_missing_7-24-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242009/kay_ann_missing_7-24-09.php Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:23:00 PDT Oregon State Police troopers have cleared the scene of Monday afternoon's fatal traffic crash on Highway 26 west of Elsie. They say their investigation of the incident is continuing. The victim's name is being released following confirmation and next of kin notification. OSP Sergeant Andrew Merila says Monday at approximately 4:17 p.m. a full-size Chevrolet pickup driven by 37-year old William J. Pierce of Hillsboro, was westbound on Highway 26 near milepost 20. http://salem-news.com/articles/july212009/fatal_elsie_7-21-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july212009/fatal_elsie_7-21-09.php Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:48:00 PDT The Coast Guard says a privately owned helicopter crashed into the shallow waters of Grays Harbor, Washington sometime before 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 7th 2009. It happened about a mile north of Ocean Shores, Washington. The people were located and recovered early in the morning. http://salem-news.com/articles/july082009/helicopter_crash_7-8-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july082009/helicopter_crash_7-8-09.php Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:15:00 PDT Coast Guard officials say the search has been suspended for a man at Tongue Point who went missing Sunday after the boat he was in struck a submerged object and capsized. The Clatsop County Sheriff's Office has dispatched a dive team to the area hoping to find some sign of the missing man. http://salem-news.com/articles/june142009/missing_man_6-14-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june142009/missing_man_6-14-09.php Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:05:00 PDT In this video released by the Coast Guard, an HH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., conducts a medevac of a crewmember off the 623-foot container ship Dapenghai 150 miles west from the entrance of the Columbia River. The rescue was completed Saturday, Jan. 17th 2009. Officials say the rescue helicopter crew transported the crewmember to an awaiting Life Flight helicopter crew at Astoria Regional Airport. Around 8:30 AM Saturday, the Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., launched an HH-60 rescue helicopter crew to the scene, after receiving a report of a 36-year-old male crewmember suffering a possible stroke. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182009/uscg_rescue_1-18-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182009/uscg_rescue_1-18-09.php Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:08:00 PST Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigation into a single vehicle traffic crash that resulted in the death of an Astoria-area man shortly after midnight on Highway 30 in the Knappa area. According to OSP Lieutenant Duane Stanton, police, fire and medical agencies were notified early this morning at 12:03 AM of a single vehicle crash on Highway 30 near milepost 82. Their preliminary investigation indicates a 2009 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by 21-year old Robert James Rankin of Astoria, was eastbound on Hillcrest Loop when it failed to negotiate a curve. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052009/fatal_knappa_1-5-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052009/fatal_knappa_1-5-09.php Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:10:00 PST If you let your imagination go at old Fort Stevens on the north Oregon coast, you can almost hear the sounds of the big guns that once roared and shook the ground here, but today lay silent as a testimony to another time in history. A volunteer at Fort Stevens, Roger Stillick, says the historical importance of this old military installation is important. "It is very underrated, because this is a Civil War fort," Stillick said, adding that the area was actually colonized in 1812. More interestingly, it was a Native American fort prior to the white man's arrival used to guard and protect fishing in the area. Salem-News.com's Dr. Phil Leveque agrees, saying the level of historical importance is extremely high. "Because they thought the south might try to invade the west by going up the Columbia River," Leveque said. http://salem-news.com/articles/december052008/fort_stevens_12-5-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december052008/fort_stevens_12-5-08.php Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:07:00 PST The United States Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to her homeport of Astoria, Ore., on Thursday from a successful 52-day deployment. The 210' cutter and its 75-person crew conducted Living Marine Resource enforcement off the Washington and Oregon coast. During the patrol, Steadfast conducted at-sea boardings of 30 commercial fishing vessels, enforcing the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act and federal law. Steadfast also assisted in the enforcement of state fisheries regulations. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242008/steadfast_4-24-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242008/steadfast_4-24-08.php Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:00 PDT The National Park Service has informed Oregon's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) that a World War II landing craft now preserved as the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum Ship in Astoria has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Commissioned in 1944 as the USS LCI-713, the vessel is the last survivor in a class of more than 3,000 ships built during the war to land troops and material directly onto beaches. http://salem-news.com/articles/may022007/landing_craft_5207.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022007/landing_craft_5207.php Wed, 02 May 2007 14:51:00 PDT The Department of Defense announced today the death of another Oregon soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Brian A. Browning, 20, was a rifleman with Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI). Brian A. Browning of Astoria, Oregon died Feb. 6th in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire while conducting security operations. The infantryman was killed while conducting guard duty. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132007/browning_death_21207.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132007/browning_death_21207.php Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:54:00 PST Three people killed Sunday morning when their helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of Astoria have been identified by the Clatsop County Medical Examiner, Doctor Joanne Stefanelli. Next of kin notifications have been made. http://salem-news.com/articles/august142006/helo_crash_id_81406.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august142006/helo_crash_id_81406.php Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:30:00 PDT U.S. Coast Guard Group Astoria recovered the bodies of two men and one woman from the waters near Camp Rilea on the north Oregon coast Sunday shortly after 8:00 AM. http://salem-news.com/articles/august132006/helo_crash_81306.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august132006/helo_crash_81306.php Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:46:00 PDT The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a fishing vessel that failed to meet safety requirements Thursday at around 3:30 PM near Astoria after receiving tips from concerned citizens to keep an eye out for the boat. The fishing vessel, Little Linda, homeported in Oakland, California, was found to be in violation of several boating safety regulations. http://salem-news.com/articles/august112006/coast_guard_81106.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august112006/coast_guard_81106.php Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:53:00 PDT A search is under way in rural Clatsop County for two young brothers, ages 4 and 5, who wandered off while camping at an old family home. The family, from the Portland area, was wrapping up the trip when the boys disappeared around 10:30 AM Monday. The home, is located on Lillenas Road off Oregon Highway 202, about 11 miles from Astoria. The boys are blonde and dressed in white t-shirts, light-colored shorts and sandals. They are accompanied by a 10-month-old black Labrador retriever. http://salem-news.com/articles/july212006/missing_boys_72506.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july212006/missing_boys_72506.php Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:40:00 PDT Marine law enforcement officers from 17 counties will converge on Camp Rilea, near Astoria, for an intensive two-week training course beginning May 11th. "This is a safe training environment that replicates situations officers will routinely experience," said VanMeter, Law Enforcement Training Coordinator for the Marine Board. "It gives officers a chance to build their confidence and skills on the water. When they leave this academy, they'll be ready for action in the field." http://salem-news.com/articles/may82006/Deputy_Training_5806.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may82006/Deputy_Training_5806.php Mon, 08 May 2006 23:01:00 PDT Newport is close to getting commuter air service once again. Dennis Reno, Newport's airport supervisor, says Hyannis, Massachusetts based Cape Air has expressed interest in providing daily scheduled flights between the Newport and Astoria airports and Portland International Airport. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132006/commuter_air.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132006/commuter_air.php Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:23:00 PST