Coast Guard’s VHF signal down for much of coastal Alaska
At least eight Coast Guard towers are down in Alaska. The outages are affecting Prince William Sound all the way down to Sitka and other Southeast communities.
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Signal down for Coast Guard VHF stations in Southeast
The Coast Guard is advising mariners to use satellite phones or an emergency position-indicating radio beacon if in distress.
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Coast Guard, state finish cleanup of grounded fishing boat near Wrangell
The Coast Guard and state Department of Environmental Conservation finished cleaning up after a ship that ran aground 17 nautical miles west of Wrangell.
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Search underway for overdue Wrangell boater
Alaska State Troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard and Wrangell Search and Rescue are searching for an overdue boater in the Wrangell area. Kenneth Trammel left town Nov. 5 on the 38-foot Thalassa.
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Waves and wind almost sink troller west of Wrangell
A troller with two people on board almost sank about 30 miles west of Wrangell Wednesday night.
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