Leone: ‘A rapid, liquid stop’
Former Air Station Sitka airman talks about being the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010.
CG 6017 ‘hit something we never saw’
Sole survivor Lt. Lance Leone talks about the helo crash that claimed the lives of three Sitka airmen.
U.S.S. Juneau Memorial rededicated
Commemorates the 687 sailors who lost their lives following the naval battle of Guadalcanal during WWII.
Coast Guard reports rescue of tug crew
Five crewmembers rescued after the ‘Polar Wind’ goes aground in Pavlov Bay .
U.S.S. Juneau sunk seventy years ago
Tuesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S. Juneau, a light cruiser that participated in the naval battle of Guadalcanal during World … more
Veterans’ service recognized and remembered
Coast Guard Commander Bill Dwyer was the featured speaker during Sunday’s Veterans Day observance at Centennial Hall.
Letters from U.S.S Juneau sailor put on display, read
History came alive on Saturday when Juneau residents heard the words of a sailor who eventually perished when his vessel, the U.S.S. Juneau, was sunk … more
Sunday is Veterans Day
Juneau’s annual Veterans Day observance is Sunday at 11 a.m. at Centennial Hall.
Also known as Armistice Day, it is the anniversary of the end … more
Coast Guard’s only active icebreaker stops in Juneau
The icebreaker Healy stopped in Juneau last week after another season’s work, and the ship’s crew invited the public aboard.
One injured in Sitka Coast Guard boiler explosion
A civilian contractor was injured Wednesday at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka when a biomass boiler exploded in the station’s main hangar. This incident happened … more
