SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has denied a marine event permit for the 7th Annual Power Boats Northwest Poker Run in Gig Harbor, Wash.
The permit was received by Coast Guard Sector Seattle Friday for the event that was to take place Saturday.
The potentially hazardous marine event was scheduled to begin within the Gig Harbor area [...]
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Coast Guard denies permit for 7th Annual Power Boats Northwest Poker Run
Coast Guard Conducts Medical Evacuation South of San Diego
SAN DIEGO — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, conducted a medical evacuation of a 34-year-old man from the fishing vessel Indian, 80 miles south of San Diego at 11:30 a.m., today.
A call came in to the Coast Guard command center from the fishing vessel stating a passenger was [...]
Coast Guard crews assist 4 near Parkers Creek, Md.
PARKERS CREEK, Md. – The Coast Guard assisted four people aboard a 45-foot boat Saturday after reporting their boat was disabled, adrift and one person was diabetic near Parkers Creek.
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., received a call from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at 2:47 a.m. stating that the boat was in shallow [...]
Coast Guard closes portions of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri rivers
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River has closed the following sections of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, in addition to previous closures:
* Copperas Creek, Ill. is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from mile marker 136 to 138.
* The Illinois River is closed to [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Overdue Whittier Boaters
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard located and rescued four boaters on board the 16-foot vessel, Sure Shot, which was reported overdue by the Whittier Police Department to the Coast Guard today.
Scott Wyland, residence of Whittier, Alaska, Marvin Fox, residence of Cordova, Alaska, Ulas Secker, from Turkey, and Martina Shangin, residence unknown, left Whittier around [...]