KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak helicopter aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medically evacuated a mariner from the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson, Tuesday, near Chignik Bay. The aircrew, aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, safely transported the 54-year-old patient to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Sand Point. At 7:54 a.m., the […]
The project will deliver GCI’s lightning-fast 2 gig speeds, unlimited data, and affordable plans to some of the most remote and underserved communities in the nation ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Native Village of Port Lions, in partnership with GCI, is the recipient of a $29.3 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). […]
Early this morning just after 1 am, another of the approximately 800 aftershocks from the 8.2 magnitude July earthquake near Chignik. This aftershock, 71 miles from Chignik, is the largest to strike in the series. USGS says that they expect the aftershocks to continue in the area. The quake was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The State of Alaska deployed an interagency damage assessment team of borough and state officials to the Alaska Peninsula Monday following the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that occurred July 28. The damage assessment team visited Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, and Chignik Bay to assess the impacts of quake and to meet with […]