Judge extends stay in Newport US Coast Guard helicopter case

US Coast Guard likely ‘ran afoul’ of law by removing rescue helicopter from Newport, judge says

A federal judge in Eugene extended a temporary court order on Monday requiring the U.S. Coast Guard to maintain a search and rescue helicopter in Newport for at least the next two weeks.The agency had reduced the helicopter’s presence at the Newport Air Facility without following a number of procedures outlined by federal law, according to attorneys representing the nonprofit Newport Fisherman’s Wives, Lincoln County and the Oregon Department of…

Judge extends stay in Newport US Coast Guard helicopter case

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A federal judge has issued an extension to keep a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in Newport for another two weeks amid an ongoing lawsuit between the Newport Fishermen's Wives, Lincoln County and the State of Oregon's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the helicopter's removal amid a potential U.S. Immigration and [...]

Judge extends order to keep Coast Guard rescue helicopter in Newport

A federal judge has extended her temporary restraining order to keep a Coast Guard search-and-rescue helicopter in Newport.

Coast Guard Defends Helicopter Removal

Proceedings continued in Federal Court in Eugene on Monday December 8th regarding the removal of the Coast Guard rescue helicopter from the Newport Airport. Most thought that the situation had been resolved after Senators Merkley and Wyden released a statement that after a call with Kevin Lunday, Acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard who reported that the coast guard helicopter stationed in Newport would not be removed. However the US Coast …

Judge extends Coast Guard helicopter restraining order

Federal Judge Ann Aiken has extended her temporary restraining order keeping the Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter at the airport in Newport a further 14 days.