ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a crew member who fell overboard from a fishing vessel in Sawmill Bay early Sunday morning. Watch standers at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska & U.S. Arctic received a report of a crew member falling overboard from the fishing vessel Inlet Sunrise in Sawmill Bay at approximately 12:07 a.m. Sunday. Following a ten-hour search by the U.S. Coast Guard, Good Samaritans, and Alaska State […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian forces, and international partners concluded a joint patrol countering Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing as part of Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) 2026. Operation NPG is a multinational counter-IUU fishing operation which represents the very best of interoperability between the U.S. and international partners to detect, deter, and […]
JUNEAU — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman (WPC 1149) returned to its homeport at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, Saturday, following a 41-day patrol operating in the California coastal region. The crew of the Douglas Denman deployed in support of Operation Border Trident, Coast Guard Southwest District’s standing operation to counter illicit maritime activity along the Southwest maritime boundary line. Operation Border […]
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard awarded a design-build contract valued at approximately $9.8 million to Orion Construction Inc. of Wasilla on July 20, 2026. The contract covers construction of six housing units and one maintenance support building in Seward. This infrastructure project is funded by the Fiscal Year 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. These […]
