Oregon
Video captures Coast Guard rescuing missing 64-year-old woman from Oregon state park
A 64-year-old woman who went missing in an Oregon state park for nearly two days was pulled to safety by the U.S. Coast Guard in a rescue caught on camera over the weekend.
The unnamed woman went missing on Friday evening in Shore Acres State Park after becoming separated from her group, according to a Coast Guard press release. The woman did not have survival gear on her when she became lost. That detail, paired with the approach of nightfall and concerns about rugged terrain, prompted the Oregon State Police to request Coast Guard assistance.
A helicopter was sent out to search for the woman using thermal imaging that evening but was forced to turn back due to inclement weather after finding no traces of her.
The following day, several agencies including the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Coos County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police and ground search and rescue parties, including K-9 teams, from the Coos County Search and Rescue Team joined the search.
Watch the rescue
Coast Guard joins rescue of missing woman in state park
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 64-year-old woman who was missing in Shore Acres State Park in Oregon for three days.
When weather allowed, the Coast Guard again dispatched flight crews in search of the woman. Despite the use of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) cameras on the helicopter to detect heat signatures, again no one was found.
It wasn’t until Sunday when the searching parties, now joined by the California Oregon Regional Search and Rescue Task Force (CORSAR), discovered why the woman’s heat signature was not being picked up by the tech.
Woman found alive after nearly two days in state park
Around 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, members of a ground search party began hearing cries for help coming from a remote area of the park. Bushwhacking through the underbrush to follow the shouts, the team finally located the woman, who was showing signs of hypothermia and dehydration.
She had taken shelter underneath a log, blocking her heat signature from the infrared cameras. It was ultimately her calls for help after hearing helicopters flying overhead that led to her rescue.
Once found, the ground crew started a fire and covered the woman in blankets to keep her warm as helicopters prepared to hoist her from the park. A rescue member was deployed by 1:45 p.m. to place the woman in a hypothermic bag and set up the hoist.
In a video of the rescue captured by a Coast Guard member, the crew member is seen being lowered from the aircraft to the ground to prep the rescue. The woman was then moved via helicopter to Bay Area Hospital in North Bend where she was transferred to EMS.
“The Coast Guard and our partner agencies here on the Oregon Coast routinely train together to ensure we can execute coordinated search and rescue missions whenever we’re called upon,” said Cmdr. Jay Kircher, operations officer and one of the helicopter pilots at Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, in the press statement. “It’s fantastic to see this teamwork in action and produce a successful outcome.”
F-15C Eagle flies in honor of the outgoing commander’s fini flight at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., on Dec. 6, 2024. The outgoing commander, Col. Michael B. Kosderka, has served the Oregon Air National Guard for twenty-four years of service. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Nichole Sanchez)
Oregon lawmakers have a new roadmap for tackling racism as a public health issue, and it’s packed with more than 100 recommendations for the 2027 legislative session.
According to KGW8, the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office released the four-year report this week, built on input from more than 200 Oregonians of color and developed alongside the Oregon Health Authority. It digs into how Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color face unequal access to stable jobs, education, health care, and housing — the everyday conditions that shape locals’ lives.
“This is an opportunity for state government to earn trust with communities of color who have been historically excluded,” said executive director of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, Jeff Selby, per the outlet. “The report process is a model for community engagement, as we all work together toward meaningful outcomes in community.”
State Rep. Travis Nelson said the findings have already shaped legislation, with several bills signed into law over the past two sessions covering topics like culturally specific health services and school staffing diversity. One concrete example: After residents flagged that Spanish-speaking applicants were passing the DMV’s written driving test at a rate of roughly 21%, versus 51% for English speakers, organizers connected the DMV with community groups to address the gap.
The report dates back to 2021, when Oregon lawmakers formally declared racism a public health crisis. “Racism in Oregon has left a legacy of trauma from one generation to the next, impacting Oregon tribes, Black and indigenous communities and people of color through a cumulative effect,” a section of the declaration reads.
A separate report from the Commonwealth Fund found Oregon has more severe racial and ethnic health disparities than its neighbors in the West, with Native American, Black, and Hispanic residents lagging behind white and Asian American residents on access, quality, and outcomes. Researchers warned that federal changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act since 2025 could make those gaps worse, not better.
The Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office says the goal now is turning research into real policy before lawmakers reconvene — and building trust with communities that have historically been left out of the process.
The full report can be seen here.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Oregon corrections officer received a lifetime hunting ban on Wednesday after pleading guilty to several poaching-related charges.
Christopher Mason, 49, of Umatilla, was sentenced in two separate court cases to 24 months of probation and 300 hours of community service. He was also fined over $114,000 and was required to forfeit his firearms.
Oregon State Police said they began investigating Mason in 2024 after receiving information that he had been poaching big game animals.
“In February 2025, OSP served a search warrant, and multiple big game animals and firearms were seized as evidence. Sixty-seven criminal charges were referred for prosecution,” officials said. “The charges spanned multiple counties.”
Mason pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful take of buck deer and three counts of unlawful take of black bear on June 18. In a separate case on June 26, he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle, unlawful possession of a silencer, unlawful possession of multiple wildlife and unlawful take of mule deer.
“This is another example of serial poaching which rises to the level of felony conduct based solely on the repeated poaching conduct and impact of one individual on Oregon’s game mammals,” prosecutor Jay Hall said. “The conduct across the several counties amounts to one of the highest damage amounts done to Oregon wildlife by any singular actor.”
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