WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Friday applauded the inclusion of funding for fisheries disasters in the Bipartisan Budget Act, which established funding levels through the end of Fiscal Year 2019. The bill passed the Senate in a vote of 71-28. Last month Senators Murkowski and Sullivan called on their […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur towed the 36-foot vessel Ruby Dawn and its crew to Yakutat, Alaska, Tuesday. The crew of the Chandeleur responded after the vessel became disabled southwest of Icy Bay while transiting from Whittier to Juneau. Coast Guard Seventeenth District watchstanders received a report from a friend […]
On Wednesday morning, the United States Coast Guard responded to a sinking vessel reported to be going down in Fairweather Grounds between Cross Sound and Yakutat Bay. Coast Guard Watchstanders directed the launch of a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sitka on Wednesday morning after receiving a “Mayday” call from the 73-foot fishing vessel “Kupreanof,” reporting […]
A 911 call went in to authorities on early Saturday morning at 12:43 am reporting a possible assault involving a firearm with an ongoing disturbance at the Icy Bay Lodge approximately 65 to the west of Yakutat. Wildlife Troopers and Yakutat Police departed Yakutat via aircraft at first light and arrived at the lodge at […]