Shrimping vessel sinks near Tillamook
TILLAMOOK — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three fishermen from the vessel Flying Fish in Tillamook Bay Tuesday.The Garibaldi-based fishing crew made a mayday call to the Coast Guard Tuesday afternoon,...
View ArticleSeveral fishermen take dips in Columbia
Several fishermen take dips in ColumbiaBy Edward StrattonThe Daily AstorianThe U.S. Coast Guard and other authorities on the Columbia River had a busy weekend with the Buoy 10 salmon fishery, along...
View ArticleKeeping fishing fever in check
When an army of sport anglers comes to the North Coast in August for the Buoy 10 salmon fishery, the U.S. Coast Guard needs a little help.When the boats show up at the boat ramps, the Coast Guard...
View ArticleA new commander for Station Cape Disappointment
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, Wash. — It was the part of the ceremony when, traditionally, the wife of the departing commanding officer receives flowers. But U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Scott McGrew offered a blue and...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues distressed surfer
TILLAMOOK — A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria medevaced a distressed surfer near Cape Kiwanda Sunday afternoon.Tillamook emergency responders contacted the Coast...
View ArticleRescue radio covers the coast
On Dec. 29, 1997, 13-year-old Daniel Cornett radioed a mayday to the U.S. Coast Guard after the sailing vessel he was on with father Michael, older brother Michael Paul and cousin Bobby Lee Hurd struck...
View ArticleMeet our Coast Guard
Chief Electrician’s Mate Justin Malin, 39, Oklahoma*What do you do in the Coast Guard and how did you end up in that position?“My duties include maintaining facilities and assets from Tillamook to...
View Article‘We live our mission every day’
Growing up in Astoria during the 1970s and ’80s, Eric Bruner, a U.S. Coast Guard captain stationed in Portsmouth, Va., enjoyed a panoramic view of the Coast Guard’s presence on the North Coast.From his...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritans assist boat taking on water 40 miles off of...
OCEAN PARK — The Coast Guard and several good Samaritan vessels assisted 13 people aboard a charter vessel taking on water 40 miles offshore of Ocean Park on Friday.All 13 people, nine passengers and...
View ArticleEveryday People: Commander works to keep waterways open
A couple weeks into her new job as response chief for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Columbia River, Cmdr. Rosemary Firestine found herself coordinating an operation to remove activists amid one of the...
View ArticleCutter Alert returns with a tow
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to Astoria last week after a three-month patrol stretching from Mexico to Canada.In a release upon the Alert’s return, the Coast Guard detailed the vessel’s...
View ArticleCoast Guard kept busy by windstorm
During Saturday’s storm, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to more than 10 reports of people in the water and more than 20 of vessels dragging anchor or unmanned and adrift throughout Oregon and...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for couple from capsized boat
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two people on a fishing trip whose 20-foot Boston Whaler capsized in the surf off of the North Jetty of Grays Harbor, Wash.An MH-60 Jayhawk...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for missing boaters
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for two people missing after their boat capsized Thursday night.Thomas Miller, 68, and Tina Pittman, 41, both from Olympia, Wash.,...
View ArticleNew commander takes Steadfast’s helm
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast, assisted by a tug, slowly sidled up to the 17th Street Dock Monday, ending a 10-week counternarcotics deployment that took the crew as far as Central America.Once...
View ArticleSheriff’s office, Coast Guard assist sinking boaters
Two boaters were rescued this afternoon after their boat started sinking near the Astoria Bridge.Watch standers with the U.S. Coast Guard in Warrenton received a report around 1:15 p.m. of a possible...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues man near Tillamook Bay
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man after his vessel capsized north of north jetty off Tillamook Bay Thursday.A bystander on the beach reported the capsizing Thursday afternoon to Station Tillamook Bay...
View ArticleFuel spill at Pier 1 still under investigation
A fuel spill after a log ship struck Pier 1 at the Port of Astoria Friday has been cleaned up, but the cause of the collision is still under investigation.Several state and federal agencies responded...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for overdue fisherman
The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a fisherman after receiving a report from his wife Wednesday saying he was overdue from a weeklong fishing trip off of Washington state.The Coast Guard diverted the...
View ArticleCoast Guard helps grounded vessel
TOKELAND, Wash. — U.S. Coast Guard crews aided two mariners aboard a 41-foot sailing vessel that ran aground Wednesday morning at the entrance to Willapa Bay near Tokeland, Washington.The vessel...
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