A welfare check on four persons known to be traveling to Blind Slough south of Petersburg on the Mitkof Highway on Monday came to an unfortunate conclusion shortly after the request, troopers report. As troopers were responding to the Blind Slough area they were informed of a vehicle wreck at mile 27 of the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard assisted two people Sunday in Kah Sheets Bay approximately 18 miles from Petersburg, Alaska. An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted two people from their 20-foot skiff and were transported to Petersburg. There were no reported injuries or medical concerns. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan assisted a man in a grounded vessel Saturday in Hood Bay, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene and landed nearby the beached vessel, transferred a pump to keep up with the flooding, and assisted the owner […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a woman Thursday with breathing difficulties in Neets Bay, Alaska. Coast Guard Station Ketchikan launched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew with EMS personnel from South Tongass Fire Department aboard to respond. The boat crew embarked the woman and returned to Station Ketchikan where she was transferred to […]