The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing pilot after a Beechcraft B95 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of Yaquina Head Lighthouse near Nye Beach in Newport, Monday. The aircraft was carrying a 78-year-old male pilot who remains missing. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received the initial report at 12:54 p.m., and immediately dispatched search and rescue crews. Responding assets included two 47-foot motor lifeboats from Station Yaqui

The City of Newport has developed a long-term plan to investigate and address elevated bacteria levels identified at the Nye Creek outfall near Nye Beach. The Nye Creek watershed is an urban drainage basin that carries water through the City's stormwater system before discharging to the Pacific Ocean near the Nye Beach turnaround. Elevated bacteria levels in Nye Creek and at Nye Beach have been a concern for more than two decades, and extensive monitoring, testing, and inve

Photo by Gretchen Kay Stuart via Elakha Alliance Over 100 years ago, sea otters disappeared from Oregon as a result of the fur trade. Now, a group of conservation organizations has launched research with the goal of eventually bringing sea otters back to the state. The Seattle Aquarium, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Elakha Alliance and Wildlife Conservation Network’s (WCN) Sea Otter Fund are collaborating to generate new data on how sea otters—or their absence—affects coastal ecosys