Benson Beach News Today

Mystery Oil Grows Along Oregon - Washington Coast as More Birds, Tar Found - Tar balls now found from Long Beach through Lincoln City

The first oil-covered birds were found at Cannon Beach and Manzanita Beach on Sunday, May 19.

Federal agencies along with Washington and Oregon state agencies are responding to a tar-like substance from an unknown source affecting a shoreline near Beards Hollow, Washington, and multiple birds in

ILWACO — Breaking 18-foot Benson Beach swells crashed over the bow of the 47-foot Coast Guard motor lifeboat as USCG Boatswain’s Mate First Class Brian Fuller navigated the swirling chaos

People traveling through or living on the Treasure Coast will soon see the high-speed Brightline trains moving through the area for testing.

[By Daryl C. McClary, United States Coast Guard reserve retired] At approximately 4:15 p.m., on T...

By Kerry Solan Off the coast of Oregon, Big Bertha moves in the water, inching toward land. Bertha, as her government creators to refer to it, is the result of three years of inter-agency planning. Her architects; some of whom work for the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; conscripted half of Portland District’s dredge fleet to scrape the river bottom and collect what was to become Bertha: a migrating mound of sand. Rod Moritz is a hydraulic engineer and project manager with Po...