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...370-foot tanker Renda was working to ensure safety in the transfer of the fuel through the segmented hose, Coast Guard spokesman Kip Wadlow said in a telephone interview from Nome on Saturday night. Once crews created a suitable path for the...
...the Healy, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker that cleared the way for the Renda, was not available, but a Coast Guard spokesman said the costs were already accounted for in its regular operating budget. Nome officials said the snow removal...
...Sea is dramatically slowing a Russian tanker's mission to deliver fuel to an iced-in Alaska community. A Coast Guard spokesman said Monday that an icebreaker and a fuel tanker are encountering "some really dynamic ice" that is slowing the...
...2 p.m. Thursday the tanker and the icebreaker were 46 miles from Nome and likely to arrive Friday, said Coast Guard spokesman David Mosley. The city missed its final pre-winter delivery of fuel by barge when a big storm swept the region...
...company is now in compliance with its requirements. U.S. Coast Guard rules are also being complied with, a Coast Guard spokesman said.Escopeta had sought a waiver of the Jones Act arguing that no U.S.-built vessel was available at the time...
...briefing in Juneau. Temperatures ranged from about 48 degrees to 50 degrees overnight at Dillingham. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes offered no details about the conditions of the survivors or their identities. National Transportation...
...passenger on the small plane. The company said it had no further information about O'Keefe's status. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes said the Guard was called to the area about 20 miles north of Dillingham at about 7 p.m. Monday...
...Coordination Center picked up an emergency signal from the downed plane, said Staff Sgt. Jeff Wells, Alaska Air National Guard spokesman. A Civil Air Patrol aircraft on a training flight flew to the scene, Wells said, spotting three people walking...
...secretary for Gov. Tony Knowles. ''They are being allowed on a case-by-case basis,'' King said. A Coast Guard spokesman said the agency also has been authorized to fly in emergency or lifesaving situations. Jim Jager, forwarding information...
...support crew from the Guard's 210th Air Rescue Squadron began nearly two months ago, according to Maj. Mike Haller, Guard spokesman. It's unclear how many of the 150 rescuers were deployed to Kuwait and how many will remain in Alaska to handle...