Alaska State Troopers say that “alcohol was reportedly a factor” in an early-morning search in the Sitka area that involved Alaska Wildlife Troopers, the Sitka Emergency Response Team and the United States Coast Guard. Family members called into Alaska State troopers and reported a missing person at 3:38 AM on Tuesday. It was reported that 59-year-old […]
Although the Cessna 206 enroute from Wrangell to Angoon was located shortly after its emergency beacon was activated following its crash in steep terrain on Admiralty Island on Friday morning, the lone survivor of that ill-fated flight would remain without assistance several hours because weather conditions prevented a USCG MH-60 Jayhawk from getting a rescue […]
The United States Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating initial cleanup efforts with the city of Tuntutuliak in Southwest Alaska. USCG sent responders to the scene where a Caterpillar EL180 excavator fell through the ice on the Qinaq River near the small community to assess the site late last month. […]
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14 tons of cocaine Thursday, at San Diego’s Broadway Pier. The drugs were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean drug transit zone off the coast of Central and South America. The haul represented 13 vessel interdictions and one bale recovery between late January and early […]