Former Air Station Sitka airman talks about being the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010.
Search & Rescue
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.
Coast Guard reports rescue of tug crew
Five crewmembers rescued after the ‘Polar Wind’ goes aground in Pavlov Bay .
Firefighters fight downtown blaze
Capital City Fire and Rescue spent Monday night fighting a blaze at the Gastineau Apartments in downtown Juneau.
Coast Guard takes diver to Kodiak
A diver needed a medical evacuation after running out of air and being forced to surface quickly.
Update: Coast Guard suspends search for missing Haines fisherman
The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 62-year-old Haines fisherman who went overboard Tuesday afternoon near Skagway. The news came in press release issued shortly before 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Five fishermen rescued near Kodiak
The 58-foot vessel Kodiak Isle reportedly hit a rock near Cape Sitkinak late Wednesday night.
Hiker found after signalling his rescuers
Jamie Hurtt, 46, of Juneau rescued south of Thane.
USCGC Chandeleur arrives in Southeast Alaska
The Coast Guard’s newest asset for Southeast is now on station. The cutter Chandeleur stopped for a brief welcoming ceremony at Station Juneau on Friday before the heading back down to its designated port of Ketchikan. The 110-foot Chandeleur replaces the medium-endurance cutter, the 213-foot Acushnet, that was decommissioned last year. The Acushnet was named…
Body of Norton Sound boater found
Debbie Kimoktoak’s body was found about 13-miles southwest of Unalakleet near where a skiff was earlier discovered.