Newport

This comes after a judge last month ordered the Coast Guard to return the helicopter immediately while a lawsuit challenging its abrupt removal proceeds.

Local governments in Oregon have struggled with the extent to which they should resist or comply with increasingly aggressive federal immigration policy, but one town took a different approach.

The parent company of Rogue Ales & Spirits filed for bankruptcy Monday, Nov. 24, 10 days after it abruptly closed its Newport brewery and restaurant operations and three other restaurants around Oregon.

It’s just one recent sign that interest over an immigrant detention facility on the coast hasn’t faded.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Coast Guard to return Newport’s rescue helicopter, citing safety risks as lawsuits challenge its sudden removal during crabbing season.

On Sunday, hundreds of Newport residents told Oregon Senator Ron Wyden they want a Coast Guard helicopter returned, and an ICE detention center halted.

Newport residents unite after the Coast Guard helicopter vanishes and ICE detention rumors grow, raising safety fears for crabbers and immigrant families.

Commissioners say they will take part in efforts to return the rescue helicopter to a Coast Guard facility at Newport Municipal Airport

Lincoln County leaders are offering a virtual information session Friday for workers affected by last week's sudden closure of the Rogue Brewery in Newport, Astoria, Salem, and Portland.

Rogue Brewing, which has been operating in Newport since 1989 but owes $545,000 in rent to the Port of Newport, abruptly closed all of its businesses Friday.

Sen. Ron Wyden said efforts are needed to help food banks recover after delay in SNAP benefit releases, and said he and other Oregon lawmakers will fight an ICE detention center in Newport.

Hundreds of community members showed up Wednesday evening for a special meeting of the Newport City Council to offer public comment on the potential new ICE facility to be located at the Newport Municipal Airport.