Alaska

Crew from Pacific Queen and Coral Sea are reported safe, no injuries

A proposed marine shipping buyout of Northland Services by Lynden Inc. is one step closer to approval.

Scubua diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber.

The U.S. Coast Guard is 223 years old.  The maritime service was created on Aug. 4, 1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service under the U.S. Department of Treasury. Juneau is headquarters of the 17th Coast Guard District, which includes the Arctic. Part of Juneau’s weekend celebration included a visit by the heavy ice breaker Polar…

Building will fill vacant lot and be devoted to the research and study of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures