Coast Guard

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Coast Guard has ended a search of the Columbia River near Portland after a small fishing boat was found adrift with no one on board. But authorities are asking boaters in the area to keep an eye out for signs of a possible victim...

WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) — Coast Guard officials say approximately 250 gallons of diesel has spilled in the Columbia River near the Oregon Coast. The Coast Guard said in a news release that the spill Monday morning at Skipanon Marina in Warrenton left a 1-mile by 500 yard sheen in the water that was dissipating by Monday afternoon...

SEATTLE (AP) — Coast Guard officials say one person has died and another was rescued after a 22-foot aluminum boat capsized near La Push off the Washington Coast. U.S. Coast Guard officials say the body of 74-year-old Clifford Dopps washed ashore near Olympic National Park Thursday after his vessel capsized about 500 yards off Hand Rock on Wednesday...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A new commanding officer has officially taken over at the Port Angeles Coast Guard base. The Peninsula Daily News reports that U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Mark E. Hiigel assumed command of Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles on Friday...