Coast Guard responds to oil sheen in Kitoi Bay, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil sheen in Kitoi Bay, Alaska.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak issued a Notice of Federal Interest to Kitoi Bay Hatchery, today, after receiving notification of an oil spill in Kitoi Bay on Afognak Island. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was opened in the...
Coast Guard medevacs injured hiker from Afognak Island, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured hiker from the northern coast of Afognak Island, near Kodiak, Sunday.
The Jayhawk crew safely hoisted the 62-year-old male hiker and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services in Kodiak.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a report Sunday evening that the hiker...
Coast Guard medevacs woman from Afognak Island
MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter file photoKODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak based MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 64-year-old resident of Afognak Island to Kodiak Friday afternoon.
The victim was reportedly suffering from a possible stroke when her family called the 17th District Command Center at 9:45 a.m., requesting the medevac.
The helicopter crew was diverted...
