Update: Pilot in fatal plane crash identified
Kevin Murray, 56, from Washington state was the only person on board the Piper Cherokee that went down Thursday morning near Point Howard, 23 miles west of Juneau.
Fishing boat sinks near Sitka AK; crew rescued
The Coast Guard says a 50-foot fishing vessel capsized and sank while pulling in loaded salmon nets but another nearby boat rescued all five of the stricken vessel’s crew members.
Update: Searchers locate wreckage of missing plane, pilot dead
A Coastal Helicopters crew spotted the wreckage of a missing small plane Thursday afternoon in the Point Howard area between Juneau and Gustavus. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team later found the pilot’s body at the crash site.
UPDATE: Coast Guard, good Samaritans searching for missing small plane near Point Howard
The Coast Guard and a commercial helicopter company are looking for a small plane that went missing between Juneau and Gustavus this morning.
4 rescued when fishing boat sinks in SE Alaska
The Coast Guard says an 84-foot fishing vessel sank off the southern coast of Prince of Wales Island.
Rescued F-16 pilot headed to Alaska
The jet went into the North Pacific about 200-miles off the coast of Japan on Sunday.
Boaters report whale strike off Chichagof Island
Details are sketchy, but everyone is okay after a collision between a skiff and a whale in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island.
3 hurt in Alaska ammonia leak on fishing vessel
Three people have been treated for inhalation of ammonia vapors leaking from a Seattle-based fishing vessel as it was docked in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor.
Search suspended for fisherman near Juneau
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a fisherman who fell overboard near Juneau.
Rescuers busy in Juneau, North Pacific
A Juneau rafter, a North Pacific freighter crewman, and kayakers stranded on the Copper River all needed help.
