The United States Coast Guard 17th District reported that the, performed three medevacs near Cold Bay this week, two on Monday and one on Wednesday. On Monday, the crew of an Airstation Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, on the recommendation of a Coast Guard Flight Surgeon, lifted a 21-year-old man aboard the Ocean Peace who was reported to […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Department of the Interior and the King Cove Corp. signed an agreement authorizing a small land exchange needed to construct a short, gravel, life-saving road that will connect King Cove, Alaska to the […]
The battle over road access for medical emergencies from the Aleutians fishing village of King Cove to the all-weather airport at Cold Bay appears to again be reaching a conclusion, but it’s not over yet. A spokesperson for the Aleutians East Borough confirms that an agreement has been reached on a land exchange between the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to forward operating location Cold Bay, Alaska, medevaced a man Thursday evening from the 1200-foot motor vessel Maersk Eindhoven 200 miles south of Cold Bay. The Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the man and safely transported him to Cold Bay where […]