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This week in history: Ferry LeConte helps to rescue two in near-tragic canoeing mishap

steinfeldswilliam@gmail.com by [email protected] April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

April, 1975 Tragedy was averted late Saturday evening when the occupants of a capsized canoe were towed to shore in Lutak Inlet opposite the ferry terminal and then brought safely back by the ferry LeConte. Russ Needham and Terry Wheelock of Haines spent about a half hour in the frigid water after their canoe swamped. […]

(Sitkans sit in the lobby of city hall on Saturday as they use the city’s satellite connection to the internet with their cell phones. (Courtesy/Sitka Sentinel)
Posted inEconomy, News, Southeast News, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Sitka loses internet service, GCI says repair could take two weeks

Shannon Haugland - Daily Sitka Sentinel by Shannon Haugland - Daily Sitka Sentinel September 3, 2024September 3, 2024
Posted inSoutheast News, Government & Elections

It’s official: Private icebreaker acquired by Coast Guard will be homeported in Juneau

Mark Sabbatini - Juneau Empire by Mark Sabbatini - Juneau Empire August 22, 2024September 11, 2024
Sam Wright, of Haines. (Courtesy/Annette Smith)
Posted inSearch and Rescue, Southeast News

Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 22, 2024February 10, 2025
Sam Wright, of Haines. (Courtesy/Annette Smith)
Posted inSoutheast News, Search and Rescue

Community mourns pilots lost in the Fairweather mountains

Rashah McChesney and Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News by Rashah McChesney and Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 25, 2024October 13, 2024
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescues two stranded miners on the Chilkat River, 23 miles from Haines, Alaska, Nov. 3, 2018. The Jayhawks crew located the stranded men by a fire they had built to stay warm near the Chilkat River. (Courtesy/Lt. Kellen Browne, U.S. Coast Guard)
Posted inSoutheast News, Search and Rescue

Coast Guard calls off search for trio who went missing flying from Juneau to Yakutat

Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 22, 2024October 13, 2024
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter hovers over Sitka Sound during routine hoist training, Alaska, Apr. 25, 2023. Air Station Sitka aircrew regularly conduct rescue hoist training exercises with their Mh-60T Jayhawk helicopters to maintain proficiency with a variety of techniques used to recover persons from the water, a vessel, or land. (Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Photo/Lt. Cmdr Wryan Webb)
Posted inSoutheast News, Search and Rescue

Yakutat-bound charter flight missing from Juneau

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News July 21, 2024October 13, 2024
Posted inNews

Tlingit and Haida talk ANB Renovations, Indigenous People’s Day at council meeting

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News September 21, 2023January 16, 2024
Posted inSoutheast News, Search and Rescue

Search suspended for woman who went overboard in Lynn Canal

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News May 19, 2022October 13, 2024
Posted inNews

Helicopter training

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News May 13, 2021January 16, 2024

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