...buoy of a certain weight and the conditions you can do it in," Coast Guard public relations Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis said. "Just all kinds of different training that are intrinsic to being on a Coast Guard cutter as well as aids to...

...along Redoubt Bay, refueled, then searched the water in the inlet along the same path, according to Petty Officer Sara Francis, a Coast Guard spokesperson. The trooper helicopter focused on ice floes, she said. She said searchers were in the...

...Shinn said. A tug is on site and the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory was enroute Thursday afternoon. Petty Officer Sara Francis, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, said the cutter was due to arrive in the morning and would stand by for further...