KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau boat crew rescued a stranded hunter from Coghlan Island, in the vicinity of Auke Bay Thursday. The man was transported safely to Statter Harbor in Auke Bay aboard the station’s 45-foot Response Boat-Medium. Sector Juneau watchstanders received notification via telephone from the hunter’s wife who reported […]
STERLING HIGHWAY UPDATE: Both lanes of traffic between Adkins Road (MP77) and the intersection of Resurrection Pass Trail at the Sterling Highway (MP53) remain halted due to Swan Lake Wildfire activity. Fire movement and related smoke impacts are expected to continue for some time and could last through the night and into Tuesday. FREE […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward-deployed to Cordova, rescued a 66-year-old man stranded for three days on Montague Island, Alaska, Thursday. The man was transferred to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Cordova for further care. He was reported to have been dehydrated but was in […]
NOAA has received report of a gray whale stranded along the coast of Kodiak. The report came in late yesterday to NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Kodiak Office and the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, a NOAA marine mammal stranding partner. This is the third dead gray whale reported this year in Alaska, along with a carcass reported […]