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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Those hoping to catch a glimpse of a gray whale or two before the year’s end may be in luck, as Whale Watch Week will soon return to the Oregon coast. From Saturday, Dec. 27 ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon, highlighting an increasing number of whale entanglements. The ...

Yeah, it was a blowout, and yeah, it was never close, but James Madison kept pressing in Oregon's 51-34 Playoff First Round win, and it was enough to set off a slew of fire alarms. Of course, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Conservationists are asking the state to take action after a whale became tangled in crab gear and had to be euthanized on the Oregon Coast last month. The groups formally ...

In 1970, near Florence, Ore., some 75 gawkers gathered on a local beach to gaze at the putrid 8 ton carcass of a 45 foot ...

Experts spent two days trying to save the whale, which weighed roughly 20,000 pounds. West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network For the first time in generations, an Indigenous tribe in Oregon has ...

Oregon State Parks will host Winter Whale Watch Week along the Oregon Coast Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31. Trained Oregon State Park volunteers will be stationed at 14 sites along the ...

Trained Oregon State Park volunteers will be stationed at 14 sites along the Oregon Coast from 10 AM to 1 PM, Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31, to help visitors spot gray whales on their ...

SALEM, Ore.— After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ...

A stabbing took place inside a grocery store near Southeast 122nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard in Portland. Oregon Humane Society hits record 12,000+ adoptions in 2025 The Oregon Humane Society (OHS) ...