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Coasties rescue 7 boaters and dog trapped on sandbar
The rescued boaters were wet and did not have enough gear to stay dry when they began suffering hypothermia and requested assistance Saturday, authorities said.
With debris spotted in the water, Coast Guard officials suspend search for missing plane
It's a tragic end to a search took 63 hours and sprawled across 240 square nautical miles in the waters of the Alexander Archipelago.
By Carl Prine
Search for missing medical plane continues in Alaska
Aircraft debris reported in the water near where the plane is believed to have disappeared.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane
Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a warning from Sitka Flight Services that a twin-engine Guardian King Air 200 medical flight was due to land at the village of Kake — about 635 miles southeast of Anchorage on the northwest shore of Kupreanof Island — at 6:19 p.m. Tuesday but never made it.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard suspends search for man who fell off pier
Alaska State Troopers, Kake residents, Village Public Safety Officers and even a remotely-controlled underwater drone had joined in the hunt while a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter scanned the shoreline and surrounding waters.
By Carl Prine