This Day in Alaska History-January 3rd, 1959
Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Rescue Mariner 500 miles Offshore
KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Seventeenth District command center personnel coordinated efforts with motor vessel President Eisenhower to rescue a 67-year-old man from his disabled and adrift 38-foot sailing vessel Miss Lilly, located roughly 500 nautical miles south-southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Thursday. At approximately 9:00 a.m. Thursday, Coast Guard District 17 command […]
US Senators to Get Rare Briefing at White House on North Korea Threat
WHITE HOUSE — All 100 U.S. senators have been invited to the White House on Wednesday for a classified briefing that will primarily concern North Korea, the administration announced Monday. The briefing will be conducted by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and the Chairman of the […]