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    U.S. Coast Guard
    Commanding Officer Corey Engel, Rear Adm. Megan Dean, and former ASPEN Commanding Officer Shea Winterberger smile for a photograph during the Change of Command ceremony on Thursday, June 26, on the Homer Spit . (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    USCG ASPEN changes command
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • June 30, 2025 2:30 am

    Commanding Officer Corey Engel will be in charge of the cutter’s operations and crew.

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    The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis is shown here underway, June 3, 2025, from Pascagoula, Mississippi. The Storis is the Coast Guard’s first new polar icebreaker acquisition in 25 years and will expand U.S. operational presence in the Arctic Ocean. (Photo courtesy of Edison Chouest Offshore)
    Coast Guard icebreaker Storis begins maiden voyage, scheduled...
    By Mark Sabbatini • June 5, 2025 6:30 am

    Ship will initially be homeported Seattle until infrastructure upgrades in Juneau are complete.

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    The Naushon sits in the Homer Harbor during its decommissioning ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025, on Freight Dock Road on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Former USCG cutter Naushon decommissioned
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 24, 2025 2:30 am

    A ceremony in its honor was held Friday, March 21.

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    Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the 27th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard since 2022, was relieved of duty after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
    Adm. Linda Fagan fired as Coast Guard Commandant...
    By Mark Sabbatini • January 23, 2025 1:30 am

    First woman to head a U.S. military branch presided over decision to homeport icebreaker in Juneau.

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    Search for Homer woman who went missing from...
    By Emilie Springer • August 22, 2024 1:30 am

    The Coast Guard searched 176 square miles of Southeast waters on Saturday, Aug. 10 and Aug. 11

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    Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded after boat sinking
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 22, 2024 1:30 am

    The incident occurred 62 miles off the Kodiak coast on Aug. 12

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    Photo provided by Laurie Gentle
Homer’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary provide boat safety information at a community event in 2023.
    U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary to offer boat safety...
    By Emilie Springer • August 23, 2023 1:30 am

    Additional trainings are on the agenda for the year

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    Emilie Springer/ Homer News
USCG officer Alexander Curran shows Homer visitors the bow of the USCG Cutter Naushon.
    Coast Guard celebrates birthday with tours of ship
    By Emilie Springer • August 10, 2023 1:30 am

    On Aug. 4, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Naushon was in port to offer public tours of the vessel. The…

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    2 injured in vessel collision
    2 injured in vessel collision
    By Emilie Springer • July 19, 2023 1:30 am

    The landing craft Helenka B collides with a sportboat near Seldovia

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council anticipates seawall, Coast Guard berth maintenance
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Anticipating the need for routine maintenance to the seawall and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter berth space, the Homer City…

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    Homer City Council and representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard recognize Homer as a Coast Guard City at Homer City Hall on May 22, 2023. (Photo provided by Homer city manager)
    Homer designated ‘Coast Guard City’
    By Emilie Springer • June 1, 2023 1:30 am

    The designation was given May 22 in a proclamation

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    Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Daniel, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Sitka, observes an oil sheen surrounding the Western Mariner, an 83-foot inspected tug, in Neva Strait March, 21, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Wereda)
    Recovery efforts for grounded tug near Sitka continue
    By Michael S. Lockett • March 30, 2022 2:30 am

    Nearly a thousand gallons of diesel have been recovered from the ruptured tank.

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    The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking to increase recruitment numbers after a pandemic-induced drop left the expanding service understrength. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)
    Crewing the cutters: Pandemic complicated recruiting, says Coast...
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    Distancing and not being able to get face to face with folks didn’t help numbers.

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