WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) welcomed the announcement that the Coast Guard will homeport six Fast Response Cutters (FRC) in Alaskan communities, which will enhance the Coast Guard’s coastal capability to perform search and rescue operations, protect our fisheries, and improve resiliency to disasters throughout Alaskan waters. In a letter from the Coast […]
A 14-year-old teen was found dead in a boat in the community of Aleknagik during the early morning hours on Saturday. According to the trooper report, Nayumiralria Tugatuk, age 14, was found at 12:30 am on Saturday morning, slumped over next to an open can of gasoline in a boat. While the young teen’s remains […]
Alaska State troopers based in Seward, responded to a boat overturned approximately 50 to 75 yards offshore in the vicinity of Lowell Point, at about 8:30 PM on Monday night. When they arrived at the scene in Resurrection Bay, they found that the individuals involved in the capsizing had already been rescued by Miller’s Landing […]
Two NOAA ships, en route to scientific missions in Alaskan waters, helped locate the missing fishing vessel Destination at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation. The Destination and its six crew members were lost February 11, 2017, while fishing for snow crab northwest of St. George, Alaska. NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson, […]