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Posts Tagged ‘Coast Guard’

Search Teams Rescue Disabled Boat Out of Alakanuk

By admin | July 30, 2018
Sunset after a day of crabbing in Norton Sound. July 2014.

According to Alaska State Troopers, teams from AST and the Coast Guard successfully located and retrieved six people in an apparently disabled boat Saturday.

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Nome City Council Talks Mining Laws, Property Abatements

By Emily Hofstaedter | July 25, 2018
Papers in Nome City Council chambers

Heated words on mining and property abatements were exchanged during what Mayor Richard Beneville called a “productive” Nome City Council meeting Monday night. The Council also addressed a possible resolution on public intoxication and vagrancy on Front Street.

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Diesel Fuel Spills in Gambell After Pipeline Fails

By admin | July 18, 2018

An estimated 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in late June, but the problem was only discovered last week. It’s the second fuel spill on St. Lawrence Island this year.

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Rescue Teams Save Stebbins Man Stranded at Sea

By admin | June 20, 2018

Search teams successfully rescued a man stuck in a boat offshore from Stebbins on Saturday.

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Nome Port Commission Discusses Coast Guard’s Gold Dredge Regulations

By Zoe Grueskin | May 22, 2018
The Nome Port Commission sits around tables in Council Chambers in May 2018.

Gold miners hoping for a radical change to regulations may be disappointed by the conversation from last week’s meeting of the Nome Port Commission.

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U.S. Military Brings Free ‘Arctic Care’ to Northwest Arctic Communities

By admin | April 17, 2018
Soldiers clear the landing zone after cargo is secured to a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.

In “Operation Arctic Care,” around 100 U.S. and Canadian armed forces reservists deploy to 12 Northwest Arctic communities to provide free health care services.

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Alaska Native Leaders Imagine Divergent ‘Arctic Futures’

By admin | April 5, 2018 | 2
Leaders of Arctic communities discuss possible scenarios for the future of the region at the Arctic Futures conference (Photo: Kenton Media, used with permission)

A conference in Nome last week brought together leaders from Alaska Native communities to discuss the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic.

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Coast Guard Wraps Up Seasonal Operations Out of Kotzebue

By admin | October 30, 2017 | 1
A Coast Guard helicopter lands at the seasonal base in Kotzebue.

October 31 marks the end of the Coast Guard’s annual operation Arctic Shield, which focuses on search and rescue and community outreach throughout the Alaskan Arctic.

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Coast Guard Saves Seal Hunters Stuck in Snowy Weather Near Savoonga

By Davis Hovey | October 23, 2017
Orange and white Coast Guard helicopter flying directly overhead

Alaska State Troopers in Nome notified the Coast Guard around 2:30am Sunday that a seal hunting party of five adults and one child were unable to return to Savoonga. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transported the hunting group back to Savoonga’s airport in good condition at 9:30am yesterday morning.

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Two Rescue Missions In One Day for Coast Guard Crews Out of Kotzebue Location

By Davis Hovey | July 26, 2017
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter in Kotzebue

On Monday, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helped rescue four people who were stranded on a disabled vessel in Imuruk Lagoon. That same evening, a second Coast Guard crew, found a man and woman about 26 miles south of Point Hope.

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