Coast Guard to conduct pollution response exercise in Ketchikan, Alaska

Coast Guard to conduct pollution response exercise in Ketchikan, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Juneau personnel will conduct an oil spill response exercise in Ketchikan, Thursday. Representatives from the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization and Western Canadian Marine Response Corporation will participate in the exercise, where an exclusion boom will be deployed in Ward Cove and Whipple...

Coast Guard, Ketchikan Police, Alaska State Troopers respond to people in the water near Ketchikan

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard, state and local agencies responded to a report of people in the water after a crane on a barge overturned Thursday evening in Ward Cove near Ketchikan.