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Other people are still missing after a Monday landslide destroyed three houses and covered the Zimovia Highway about 11 miles from Wrangell.

U.S. Coast Guard report also raises questions about agency’s handling of incident

On an overcast, cold, and rainy Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard Base Ketchikan hosted the commissioning ceremony of the Fast Response Cutter Douglas Denman.

KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The new U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman and its crew arrived Friday in Ketchikan at the end of a 36-day transit from Key West, Florida, according

A Coast Guard law enforcement boarding team allegedly discovered illegally caught halibut and lingcod on a fishing vessel 12 nautical miles northeast of Kodiak, according to a release from the

The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Friday from Yamani Islets, 27 miles south of Sitka, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the four boaters, a 50-year-old female, and her three children ages; 21, 17, and 13 from shore after their 15-foot vessel capsized. The helicopter crew transported them to Coast Guard Air Station Sitka where they were reported to be in stable condition. Watchstanders in the Sector Juneau command center received initial notificatio...

Coast Guard rescues 4 boaters on Christmas, after vessel capsizes Posted by Katherine Rose | Dec 28, 2020 While many Sitkans were nestled snug in their beds in the wee hours of Christmas morning, a Coast Guard helicopter crew was busy rescuing four boaters whose 15-foot vessel had capsized near the Yamani Islets, around 27 miles south of Sitka. According to a Coast Guard press release, watchstanders in Juneau received a call around 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve about an overdue vessel. A helicopter ...

Coast Guard Hoists Four Boaters from Yamani Islets An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka pose with the family they rescued about an hour earlier from Yamani Islets, Dec. 25, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station Sitka) KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Friday from Yamani Islets, 27 miles south of Sitka, Alaska.  A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the four boaters, a 50-year-old female, and her three ...

Coast Guard Rescues Three Stranded near Juneau A beached vessel is anchored to the shoreline in Barlow Cove, about 15 miles northwest of Juneau. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cutter Bailey Barco) KODIAK, Alaska —The Coast Guard rescued three hunters Thursday from a beached vessel in Barlow Cove, approximately 15 miles northwest of Juneau.   Coast Guard cutter Bailey Barco launched a small boat crew who picked up the hunters from the shoreline and transferred them to a Coast Guard Station Junea...

A beached vessel is anchored to the shoreline in Barlow Cove, about 15 miles northeast of Juneau Thursday. Courtesy photo from US Coast Guard. Juneau, Alaska (AP) —The Coast Guard rescued three hunters Thursday from a beached vessel in Barlow Cove, approximately 15 miles northwest of Juneau. Coast Guard cutter Bailey Barco launched a small boat crew who picked up the hunters from the shoreline and transferred them to a Coast Guard Station Jun...