JUNEAU, Alaska –The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Docks and Harbors and Global Diving and Salvage, assisted by Coast Guard Sector Juneau, scuttled the derelict tugboat Lumberman offshore Southeast Alaska Sunday. The Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick, a 154-foot Sentinel–class vessel, towed the Lumberman, a 107-ft steel hulled tugboat to a position 54 miles […]
Alaska State Troopers state that the investigation into a fatal ATV accident in the community of Gustavus. At 5:29 pm on Friday evening, Juneau resident, 33-year-old Theodore Kennedy impacted a concrete culvert while riding on an ATV. He did not survive the impact and was pronounced deceased at the scene by Gustavus EMS. He was […]
Congratulations to Alain Soltys-Gray, 17, of Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau, who took top honors in the 2021 Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Contest with a painting of mallards titled “Ducks at Dusk”. Alain’s artwork was chosen as the Best of Show out of 149 entries from across the state and will represent Alaska in […]
Leaders at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks delivered strong support of Alaska as an aerospace state in remarks Wednesday to the Alaska Senate Labor and Commerce Committee. Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer had announced that Wednesday, March 17, 2021, was Aerospace Day at the Alaska State Capitol. Alaska’s recognized leadership in the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Juneau, Friday, for a logistics stop as the crew nears the end of their months-long Arctic deployment conducting scientific research and protecting the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region. In addition to Polar Star’s strategic national security objectives, the nation’s sole […]