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Coast Guard Rescues Surfers in Newport, Oregon (VIDEO)

The names of the surfers were not immediately available.

(SEATTLE) - Coast Guard officials say a man and a girl were hoisted from the rocks at Yaquina Head, Oregon, Sunday by one of their helicopter crews.

The Coast Guard Group/Air Station North Bend, Oregon, was contacted by Lincoln County dispatch at 2:32 PM and advised that three surfers were trapped on the rocks at Agate Beach near Yaquina Head.

The Coast Guard says crews from their stations at Depoe Bay and Yaquina Bay launched two 47-foot boat crews while an HH-65 crew from Coast Guard Air Facility at Newport was diverted to the scene.

Coast Guard Pilots Recount Difficult Flood Rescue (VIDEO)

The Coast Guard video shows the crew retrieving two different evacuees.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - In this video released by the Coast Guard, a Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Oregon helicopter crew hoists two people stranded at their home by floods in Morton, Washington, Tuesday, January 7th, 2009.

Coast Guard Rescues Injured Crewman Near Umpqua River (VIDEO)

A man was medically evacuated from a fishing vessel near Umpqua River, Oregon, Saturday.

(NORTH BEND, Ore.) - The U.S. Coast Guard has released video of a rescue operation over the weekend near the Umpqua River on the Pacific Ocean off Oregon.

Coast Guard Group Air Station in North Bend, Oregon was notified around 11:00 PM Saturday, that a man aboard the 50-foot crabbing vessel Rose Marie, had a serious hand injury.

A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to evacuate the man from the vessel.

Mud Slide Blocks All Lanes on Highway 26 West of Brightwood

Motorists traveling between the Portland area to central Oregon may also consider using Interstate 84 to Highway 197 or Highway 97.

(BRIGHTWOOD, Ore.) - ODOT, Oregon State Police and Hoodland Fire Department are on scene of a large mud slide blocking all lanes of Highway 26 between Cherryville Hill and Brightwood. The mud slide and debris is preliminarily estimated to be up to 2 feet deep and 80 - 100 yards in width.

Police say Thursday at approximately 10:24 PM, reports were received of the mud slide that came from the south side of Highway 26 between milepost 34 and 35.

Two vehicles were reported to be on the east end of the slide area. No one is reported injured. The slide debris includes mud and trees.

Woman Evacuated From Flooded Area in Coquille, Oregon by Coast Guard

The woman was taken to a waiting ambulance at the North Bend Airport and transported to Bay Area Hospital in North Bend.

(SEATTLE) - The Coast Guard reports having medically evacuated a woman from her home in a flooded area 12 miles east of Coquille, Oregon, Monday.

A Very Good Year for the Oregon Coast Aquarium

The facility offers a word of thanks to communities and non-profit partners for making 2008 an extraordinary year.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - The last year has been an extraordinary one for the Oregon Coast Aquarium and it applauds the community and some of the area’s non-profit organizations with whom it collaborated in 2008.

Weather Closes Oregon River and Bar Crossings

Coastal and inland waterways are dangerous, but the roads to the Oregon coast are clear.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Rivers in western Oregon are swelling with runoff from recent snow and coastal conditions have become hazardous in some areas.

Corvallis Woman Dies in Crash on Highway 101 near Seal Rock (PHOTOS))

Five people were transported by ambulance to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - Police say a Corvallis-area woman died and four other people were injured Saturday evening in a two vehicle crash on Highway 101 near Seal Rock in Lincoln County.

Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Greg Plummer says around 7:15 PM, a 1998 Toyota Camry driven by 29-year old Sangeet Kumar Lal of Corvallis, was northbound on Highway 101 near milepost 149.

"As the Toyota was negotiating a downhill sharp right curve the right side tires left the roadway. LAL overcorrected and the car spun across the southbound lane, striking a guardrail and continued to spin out of control."

Fatal Crash Closes Highway 101 North of Seal Rock

Police say the serious crash that halted traffic between Newport and Waldport on Oregon's coastal highway, claimed the life of one person.

(SEAL ROCK, Ore.) - Oregon State Police report that a serious injury four vehicle crash on Highway 101 north of Seal Rock has Highway 101 closed in both directions.

State troopers now say that the crash on Highway 101 north of Seal Rock near milepost 149 is a fatal traffic crash - one person died at an area hospital - more information will be released Sunday.

Adam Torgerson with the Oregon Department of Transportation, says the police investigation may require an extended closure. He says drivers should expect delays or use alternate routes.

A Television Can`t Save Your Life...A 406 MHz EPIRB or ELT Can!

As long as the new 406 MHz beacon has been registered (which is required by law), search and rescue authorities can quickly confirm that the distress is real, who they are looking for, and a description of the vessel or aircraft.

(SEATTLE) - For the past year the television broadcasters have blanketed the airwaves advising the public that starting in February 2009 over-the-air television broadcasts will be going digital in the United States.

This means that if you want to continue to receive free television reception, you must have a newer TV that has a digital tuner or you need to get a digital-to-analog converter box. Not as well known but of substantial importance is that a critical piece of life-saving equipment will also be affected with a change from analog to digital transmissions - an Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon or "EPIRB."