The integrated tug and barge "Hook Point-Alaganik" has been refloated and towed to Cordova by Alaska Marine Response LLC where it was then lifted and is now dry-docked in shoreside storage as of Thursday.
Alaska's DEC and Coast Guard personnel have been monitoring the response efforts to remove fuel from the 65-foot fishing tender "Fate Hunter," that is grounded near Shoup Bay four miles west of Valdez.
It was revealed by the National Transportation Safety Board that the UPS Cargo jet that crashed in Alabama last week was on auto pilot until seconds before it impacted short of the runway in Birmingham.
Soldotna dispatch received multiple calls reporting an accident at mile 153 of the Sterling Highway on Friday at approximately 2:14 pm.