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    U.S. Coast Guard
    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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    A Coast Guard rescue swimmer pulls in a rescue basket during an emergency call to a stricken vessel south of Sitka on Feb. 7, 2022. (Screenshot)
    Coast Guard rescues two from sinking vessel near...
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The fishing boat was taking on water with dead engines.

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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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    Courtesy Photo / Lt. j.g. Matthew Hall
Coxswain Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Dillbeck navigates the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa’s small boat to Wrangell harbor to drop off a boatload of donations from an event in Petersburg.
    Coast Guard offers boatload of support for local...
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    The crew lifted, distributed, and transported donations to where they could do the most good.

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