KETCHIKAN, Alaska – The Coast Guard commissioned the fast response cutter John McCormick during a ceremony in Ketchikan, Wednesday. The ceremony took place at Base Ketchikan and was presided by Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Charles Michel, and attended by Rear Adm. Michael McAllister, USCG 17th District commander, and Capt. Shannan Greene, Sector […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick (WPC-1121) and its crew arrived to their homeport at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, Friday afternoon after completing a 6,200-mile trip from Key West, Florida. The John McCormick is the first fast response cutter on the West Coast and will provide increased capabilities compared to the smaller 110-foot patrol boats it […]
Ketchikan-based troopers responded to mile five of the North Tongass Highway to investigate a probable collision there and cleaned up debris from on the highway early Sunday morning. The trooper dispatch reports that troopers responded to that location at 4:08 am on Sunday morning to find “what appeared to have been a motor vehicle collision […]
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Washington man on an extraditable warrant from that state in a Ketchikan traffic stop, it was reported by the trooper dispatch. At 9:01 pm on Saturday night, troopers pulled over a silver Dodge Durango at mile 1 of Revilla Raod for a moving violation. When stopped, the driver bailed from […]