JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard aircrews medevaced two people from Dry Bay Airstrip, approximately 30 miles Southeast of Yakutat, after their plane crashed, Tuesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and transported two people with critical back injuries to Yakutat, and Yakutat Police Department transported a third person […]
Troopers say they responded to the cruise ship dock in Skagway at approximately 2:10 pm on Friday after receiving a report of a man in the water there that had gone under. Skagway Police Department, Skagway Fire Department, and the United States Coast Guard responded along with troopers and troopers found that the man, William […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Personnel from Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST) and Sector Juneau will conduct waterborne missions in Petersburg and Wrangell, Alaska, June through August. Mission goals include search and rescue, recreational and commercial vessel safety, and the protection of Alaska’s living marine resources. Kicking off the season, Coast Guard inspectors will […]
JUNEAU – A Juneau man was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to six and a half years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing firearms. According to court documents, Clyde Edward Pasterski, Jr., 42, possessed 13 firearms, one of them being stolen, and eight seal […]