JUNEAU, Alaska— AVTEC, Alaska’s Institute of Technology, will train seven crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy. Crewmembers will participate in ice navigation training at the AVTEC Maritime Training Center in Seward, Alaska. AVTEC’s ice navigation course was the first of its kind in the nation and the only one with U.S. Coast Guard […]
The United States Coast Guard were alerted of a emergency beacon emitting a signal 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor at 11:34 am on Tuesday from the F/V Alaska Juris after it began sinking authorities report. The 238-foot vessel reported that they were dead in the water approximately 150 miles to the northwest of Adak and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan boatcrew assisted the 38-foot fishing vessel Serenity after it began taking on water near the ferry terminal in Ketchikan, Alaska, Sunday. The Ketchikan boatcrew dewatered the Serenity until the vessel was safely moored and a temporary patch was outfitted at the breach in it’s hull. The Serenity […]
A 17-year-old girl suffered severe injuries to her left arm in an ATV rollover on Kodiak Island’s Chiniak Highway on Sunday at approximately noon, the troopers and United State Coast Guard reported this weekend. USCG responded to mile marker 37 0f the Chiniak Highway via an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after receiving an “assist request” from […]