Rescue

A man found pinned under a tractor blade at a logging operation site near Siletz was transported by helicopter to a Salem hospital in critical condition Thursday morning.

Coast Guard crews in Oregon and Washington have assisted 17 fisherman in five response calls since Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard remained busy in perilous waters up and down the Oregon Coast on Saturday, rescuing two surfers in distress north of Cannon Beach, just three days after responding to the capsizing a boat that killed three fishermen near Newport.

Three fishermen are dead after their commercial fishing vessel capsized Tuesday night near Yaquina Bay in Newport, a Coast Guard official has confirmed.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office marine deputies responded to an incident on the Siletz River Saturday involving two men and an overturned drift boat.

The witness who called 911 to alert first responders to a distressed surfer near Devils Punchbowl says he regrets not calling sooner to prevent the death of the young Corvallis doctor.

Heidi Krause didn't think her and her three dogs would get perilously stuck in the sand 35 feet from the approaching Pacific Ocean in her Toyota FJ Cruiser south of Taft on Thursday.

A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two mariners from their vessel that ran aground in Yaquina Bay Sunday afternoon by hoisting them to safety.

North Lincoln Fire and Rescue (NLFR) was dispatched Wednesday, Nov. 7 around 2:30 p.m. to a person calling for help in the surf on a log or raft, near the breakers of the Salmon River north of Lincoln City.

A USCG helicopter from Newport was requested and responded.