NEWPORT, Ore. — Oregon's state attorney general, Lincoln County and a Newport community organization announced they are suing the Trump administration in order to get a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter back.

At the end of October, according to the city of Newport, the helicopter was moved from the Newport Air Facility to North Bend's U.S. Coast Guard Base — about 70 miles south — without public notice and without confirmation if that move is permanent.

The decision left many worried about the safety of tourists and fisherman based out of Newport, with Lincoln County Commissioners heard testimony on Friday from family of those fishermen.

"If there is a rescue helicopter that is a half an hour, one hour away, it makes it very difficult for our men and women to survive in the cold water

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