On Saturday, Alaska State Troopers were alerted of an overdue vessel with two adults and four children that had gone missing after they failed to return the night before. In turn, AST alerted the U.S. Coast Guard of the overdue craft. Troopers in Emmonak were informed at 9:45 am on Saturday that a boat had […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon rescued four mariners after the Soulmate, their 48-foot commercial fishing vessel, became disabled and adrift approximately 57 miles west of Kodiak Island, south of Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Sunday. The Naushon crew towed the mariners to Lazy Bay cannery, Alitak Bay, Alaska. Coast Guard Sector […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew assisted the disabled 28-foot bar tender MINI B in Stephens Passage, near Holkham Bay, approximately 38 miles from downtown Juneau Wednesday. The Station Juneau boatcrew arrived on scene, placed the MINI B in tow, and safely transported the vessel and master to Harris […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Following a regulatory change that went into effect Friday, Alaska employers are no longer allowed to pay less than minimum wage to workers who experience disabilities. In repealing 8 AAC 15.120, Alaska joins New Hampshire and Maryland as the first states in the nation to eliminate payment of subminimum wages for persons with […]