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Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter USCGC John McCormick rescued two people off the fishing vessel Reluctant near Hoonah after it grounded Tuesday morning, Sept. 22, 2020. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard rescues 2 from grounded fishing boat

No injuries were reported.

Several Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew members speak with the owner of a disabled 22-foot sailing vessel after towing it from Marmion Island to Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor in Juneau, Sept. 13, 2020. (Courtesy Photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony DeLorenzo)

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Coast Guard assists family aboard stricken vessel

The sailing vessel was low on fuel with a damaged rudder

Capt. Steve White, from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Juneau, gives a presentation to the Visitor Industry Task Force in the Assembly chambers on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Sector Juneau CO urges teamwork, safety in strange times

The Coast Guard works with its partners to get the job done.

Coast Guardsmen aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk rescued a boy injured hiking near Haines on Wednesday evening. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Coast Guard

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Coast Guard rescues injured boy hiking near Haines

It’s the Coast Guard’s 31st rescue since June.

An MH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka conducts a training flight on Dec. 11, 2006. (U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 1st Class William Greer)

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Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Sitka

Foul weather initially interfered with the rescue

A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka carries out training in Juneau, Alaska, June 26, 2018. (Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard)

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Good Samaritans, Coast Guard rescue capsized boaters

Good Samaritans and good life jacket use likely saved their lives.

A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot medium response boat patrols Auke Bay during an exercise in 2018. Coast Guardsmen from Station Juneau aboard a similar boat rescued two stranded kayakers on Couverden Island on May 1, 2020. (Lt. Brian Dykens | U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard rescues two kayakers near Admiralty Island

They were exhausted but unhurt.

Members of Coast Guard Station Juneau aboard a 45-foot response boat—Medium conduct drills near Juneau, Jan. 24, 2018. (Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard rescues stranded hunter after boat capsizes

The man was rescued unharmed.

In this file photo from June 26, 2018, a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka carries out training in Juneau. (Courtesy photo | Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios via U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard rescues capsized boater on Shelter Island

Wind gusts were up to 45 mph.

Tango is a search dog with SEADOGS, an all-volunteer K-9 rescue team that assists with missing persons cases. Both two-legged and four-legged SEADOGS members were at the Moose Lodge Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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Keeping a nose out: SEADOGS takes guesswork out of searches

Who’s a good dog? The SEADOGS, in this case.

Meet the rescuers: The story behind yesterday’s dramatic cliffside rescue of Nootka, the dog

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Meet the rescuers: The story behind yesterday’s dramatic cliffside rescue of Nootka, the dog

Local climbers save the day.

A man and his dogs are safe after a scare on the Mendenhall River

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A man and his dogs are safe after a scare on the Mendenhall River

CCFR had a boat to them in less than 15 minutes.

Snowboarder dies in avalanche near Haines

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Snowboarder dies in avalanche near Haines

Two skiers were nearby.

Coast Guard searches channel after report of flipped skiff

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Coast Guard searches channel after report of flipped skiff

It was in the middle of a snowstorm.

Scott McCutcheon demonstrates with a rescue rope on Tuesday after helping save Bob Funk, a biker who had fallen through the ice at Mendenhall Lake, a few days earlier. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Meet the good Samaritan behind the dramatic Mendenhall Lake rescue

Right place, right time, right equipment.

Counting down the top stories of 2018

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Counting down the top stories of 2018

From the statewide elections to a whale statue.

Flags are raised on U.S. Coast Guard buoy tenders for reveille before the start of the Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau on Aug. 22. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Some Coast Guard employees furloughed, others working without pay during shutdown

The near future remains uncertain.

The Herbert Glacier, located between the Herbert and Eagle Rivers about 30 miles from downtown Juneau, is pictured in November 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)                                 The Herbert Glacier, located between the Herbert and Eagle Rivers about 30 miles from downtown Juneau, is pictured in November 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Coast Guard rescues injured hiker off Herbert Glacier

No hypothermia reported.

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a patient from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. (Courtesy photo | Stephen Prysunka)

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Hiker safe after rescue near Elfin Cove

The Californian was on Inian Island.

Mount Jumbo rises up across from downtown Juneau on Douglas Island on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Hunter with hypothermia rescued Saturday

The hunters were near Mount Jumbo.