Coast Guard Cutter Rush Crew Medevacs Mariner
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush arrived in Kodiak Monday, bringing an ailing mariner from a cargo vessel in the North Pacific Ocean to emergency medical care.
Coast Guard Responds To Disabled Timber Ship
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of the motor vessel Morning Cedar disabled northeast of Tanaga Island 1,230 miles southwest of Anchorage Monday.
Murkowski Responds to IPHC Preliminary Halibut Recommendations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) held a briefing earlier last week, discussing its stock assessment and preliminary recommended catch limits for 2012. After following all the proceedings, Senator Murkowski had the following reaction to the announcements:
Skagway's Cruise Ship Industry Catches EPA's Eye
SKAGWAY, Alaska-The cruise ship industry has been good to Skagway, a southeastern community of approximately 900 people. Every year the vessels flock to the small gold rush town and inflate the population well beyond its winter-time numbers. Before the cruises start arriving, 2,000 cruise industry workers move back to Skagway for the season. Then, as […]