The Coast Guard is hosting Buoy Tender Roundup for the first time in Juneau since 2012. The week is filled with training and intense competition, like Tuesday’s “heat and beat” challenge.
Search & Rescue
15-year-old plane crash survivor receives U.S. Coast Guard recognition
Jose Vasquez was recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday for helping to save the other three passengers on the Wings of Alaska flight despite his own injuries.
Slideshow: Juneau firefighters train on live burn
Capital City Fire/Rescue held a live fire exercise on Saturday at an old cabin on Mendenhall Loop Road.
Where’s the trail? Boy Scout hopes to curb West Glacier rescues
Up to 12 times a year, search and rescue agencies send crews out to the West Glacier trail area to find lost and stranded hikers. An Eagle Scout is trying to fix that problem, and teach about the glacier’s history at the same time.
NTSB investigates ‘man, machine, environment’ in Friday’s plane crash near Juneau
Wreckage of a plane that went down Friday afternoon 18 miles west of Juneau was being picked up Sunday for further investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Video: U.S. Coast Guard, partners rescue Wings airplane crash survivors
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers rescue personnel to the site of the plane crash and hoists survivors for transport to medical care.