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Day four of the USCG’s Scandies Rose hearings continue with: Andrew Lawrence, professional engineer at the Coast Guard marine Safety Center: LISTEN HERE Capt. Cory Fanning, F/V Aleutian Mariner: LISTEN HERE Dilon Gamby, former crew on Scandies Rose: LISTEN HERE Capt. Peter Wilson, F/V New Venture: LISTEN HERE Capt. Oystein Lone, Pacific Sounder: LISTEN HERE …

The third day of the Scandies Rose hearing shed some light on stability issues that may have a more pronounced impact on the crab pot fishing fleet as a whole. Paul Zankich, Bud Bronson and Jonathan Parrott are three expert naval architects who provided testimony this Wednesday morning. They conduct stability reports on many vessels …

GPS "spoofing" sends false location signals to satellites to deter rockets and missiles. It also increases risks for planes, ships and technology that rely on the system.

Testimony during the US Coast Guard’s hearings concerning the Scandies Rose accident continues into its second week with: Joseph Myers, USCG Commercial Fishing Vessel Program: LISTEN HERE Shawn Simmons, Marine Safety Services: LISTEN HERE Scott Giard, Search and Rescue (SAR) Program expert: LISTEN HERE The afternoon agenda had on its schedule testimony from Dean Gribble, …

February 24, 2021 by Tyler Thompson, KDLG – Dillingham Aerial view of braided wetlands and tundra that is typical of the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. Upper Talarik Creek flows into Lake Iliamna and then the Kvichak River before emptying into Bristol Bay (Photo from the United States Environmental Protection Agency) The United Tribes of Bristol Bay, …

The US Coast Guard has released video of an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacing a 45-year-old crew member from the F/V Alaska Ocean, approximately 30 miles northeast of Cold Bay, Alaska. Watch: (U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak) The crewmember suffered a crush injury to the arm and was transferred …

Testifying today at the USCG’s hearings on the Scandies Rose sinking: Panel of naval architects and professional engineers: Paul Zankich, Bud Bronson, and Jonathan Parrott: LISTEN HERE Cecily Lowenstein: LISTEN HERE Surviving crew member, Jon Lawler: LISTEN HERE

The Coast Guard’s F/V Scandies Rose hearing continued today, beginning with testimony from Noelle Runyon of the National Weather Service in Anchorage. She was asked about how weather phenomena like freezing spray are forecast, how her office took feedback from mariners, and on the weather during the night of the sinking. She stated that the …

Day Two of the USCG’s Scandies Rose hearings featured several witnesses: Noelle Runyan from the National Weather Service. Runyan spoke about the weather conditions, particularly the freezing spray, the night of the Scandies sinking. Runyan also spoke to how the NWS communicates with mariners about weather conditions. LISTEN HERE. Ed Ehlers, project manager at Lovrics …

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage – February 23, 2021 Andy Teuber, the president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, has resigned, the organization said Tuesday. “The chairman and president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium resigned this morning. The consortium’s board of directors is taking immediate and swift action, calling a …