Jul
07
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Air Station Sitka Crew Crashes in Washington State |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
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Ed Ronco/KCAW
A Coast
Guard helicopter with an Air Station Sitka crew aboard has gone down in the
waters near James Island, Washington.
The Coast
Guard says in a news release that it lost contact with the helicopter just
after 9:30 Pacific Time this morning - about 45 minutes after it departed from
Air Station Astoria, in Oregon, with a Sitka crew aboard.
Petty
officer Eric Chandler says rescue efforts are underway. He says two crewmen
were picked up by a good Samaritan vessel not long after the crash, while a
third was picked up by a small Coast Guard response boat. The fourth crewman is
still missing. Names of the crew members have not been released.
The Coast
Guard tells KING-TV in Seattle that the chopper was on its way to be based in
Sitka from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The chopper was flown to Astoria, and an Air Station Sitka crew flew
down yesterday to pick it up. The Sitka crew was aboard at the time of the
accident.
The
National Weather Service reports the weather at the time of the crash was sunny
and 80 degrees with east winds at 10 miles per hour. Chandler, with the Coast Guard, says a cause
for the accident is unclear. KING-TV is quoting
a local utility as saying the chopper struck a power cable in the area.
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Jul
07
2010
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Rep. Don Young on Election Year Visit to Kodiak |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
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It's been
said many times about Alaska's
lone congressman that you may or may not like the man, but you know where he
stands on issues.
Congressman
Don Young was in town this week as part of a 4th of July swing
through Alaska
as part of his re-election campaign.
He spoke
Tuesday at a joint Kodiak Chamber of Commerce - Noon Rotary luncheon.
KMXT's
Maggie Wall has this report.
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Jul
07
2010
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Arts Council Working to Bring Visual Artists into Fold |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
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For the
second summer in a row, a former Kodiak High School graduate is back from
college and working at the arts council office for the summer. This year Kate
Helligso's title is "Visual Arts Coordinator," and her job is
to increase visual artists' interaction with the Kodiak Arts Council.
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