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The Coast Guard has suspended its search for five crew members of a fishing boat that reportedly capsized in southeast Alaska over the weekend.
I joined the coast guard because I wanted to help people. I didn’t end up piloting hovercraft right off the bat; I spent years bouncing between different types of coast guard ships along the coast, from Washington to Alaska and everywhere in between. Hovercraft are rare and special. They’...
Jury convicts Alaska man in Coast Guard killingsBy RACHEL D'ORO
2025 anchorage museum among alaskans combining to win auction for alaska railroad's golden spike the golden spike that was used to complete the alaska railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in alaska after entities combined to win an action for the...
“We stand in sorrow and solidarity with the friends and family of the people we were not able to find over the past 24 hours,” Chief Warrant Officer James Koon, a search and rescue mission coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska, said in a statement....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday suspended its search for three people missing after their boat capsized in a Gulf of Alaska bay. The Coast Guard said a distress call was received Wednesday morning from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) H...
To be fair, I worked at rough unit with mainly just Dutch Harbor (Unalaska) as our port call. So my experience does not reflect the entirety of the Coast Guard. I'm sure there are some units I could have been stationed at and loved it. However, my experience was awful. We sorted ...
A fire burns at Delong Dock after an explosion on a fixed barge in Whittier, Alaska, July 8, 2019. Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage. Coast Guard crews were searching for one person missing after an explosion and subsequent fire at Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska, yesterday. ...
Through MSTF operations, the Coast Guard observed firsthand, impacts of climate change to the landscape of the Arctic and Western portions of Alaska. As permafrost thaws, the ground under many aging fuel facilities is becoming unstable. This could potentially leave people unable to heat their homes...