ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two people from a helicopter that crashed near the Dutch Harbor Airport on Unalaska Island Friday afternoon. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center received a 406 megahertz personal locator beacon activation from a R22 Robinson helicopter. The beacon was plotted in a position approximately […]
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau assisted in the rescue and safe transit of a 400-foot cargo vessel with 12 people aboard during a multiple day operation in the Gulf of Alaska. The Resolve Pioneer, a sea going tug boat based in Dutch Harbor, arrived on scene Saturday and set […]
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 […]
June 2, 2016 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker today ordered all state flags be lowered tomorrow, Friday, June 3 in honor of Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day. Recognized each year on the anniversary of the 1942 Japanese attack on Alaska, Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day honors military personnel who served and died defending our country, and the […]