KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medically evacuated 61-year-old female suffering with cardiac problems from the cruise ship Island Princess in the vicinity of Bligh Island, near Prince William Sound, Alaska, Tuesday. The woman was transported to emergency medical services personnel at a Valdez pier for further transport to higher […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue saved six people after a boat ran aground near Juneau, Saturday. A Capital City Fire/Rescue boat crew arrived on scene and took the people off their 24-foot boat after it ran aground on the Mendenhall Bar in Fritz Cove at approximately 4:30 p.m. A Coast […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard released the results of an investigation Tuesday, into the Jan. 31 crane accident in the Coast Guard buoy yard in Homer, which resulted in the death of Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski. The investigation found improper operation of the shoreside crane was the direct cause of the […]
The Coast Guard and Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad located the last of the remaining two missing people deceased near the crash site of the Beaver float plane, Tuesday night. In total ten people were rescued and six people were found deceased. The Coast Guard, partner agencies and good Samaritans conducted exhaustive search and rescue […]