Oregon AG, Groups File Lawsuit to Return Newport’s Helicopter
Don’t mess with Newport’s helicopter – doing so results in angry residents, upset lawmakers and the state, one county and an organization filing a lawsuit to get it back.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield on Friday announced that the State of Oregon, together with Lincoln County and the Newport Fishermen’s Wives organization, are filing lawsuits to compel the federal government to return the U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue helicopter abruptly removed from the Newport Air Facility recently. The Fishermen’s Wives and Lincoln County filed their lawsuit Friday; the State...
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