After the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a proposal to lease the Newport Municipal Airport, potentially as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, the Coast Guard’s Newport helicopter, removed by the federal government, has yet to be returned, putting fishermen at risk. A lawsuit has been filed for the return of the chopper.

ODOF Launches Lawsuit For Return Of Newport Coast Guard Helicopter

After Newport officials, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Van Hoyle investigated rumors of a potential ICE facility at the Newport Municipal Airport. Newport Mayor Jan Kaplan announced that the letter of intent to lease the airport was withdrawn. But the search-and-rescue chopper, stationed in Newport since the mid-1980s, was removed by th

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