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Fish processing vessel grounds on Kodiak Is.

...under its own power after lightering it.The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the grounding, Petty Officer Sara Francis said.The Coast Guard also is monitoring the Pacific Producer and work being planned to minimize any pollution threats...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-19/fish-processing-vessel-grounds-kodiak
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Coast Guard transports hypothermic man to Juneau

...service on Thursday afternoon for a 67-year-old man suffering from hypothermia.Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Sara Francis said the man was transported via helicopter from Angoon to Juneau for further medical care at Bartlett Regional Hospital...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-17/coast-guard-transports-hypothermic-man-
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Coast Guard, rescue team locates overdue boater near Sitka

...Saltshaker, and guided a Sitka Mountain Rescue boat crew to the location to provide assistance, Petty Officer First Class Sara Francis said in a release.The Coast Guard began searching for the man after the man's son contacted Sector Juneau to report...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-05/coast-guard-rescue-team-locates-overdue
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Coast Guard medevacs AK cruise ship passenger

...A Coast Guard helicopter picked them up in Hoonah and flew them to Juneau. From Juneau, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis says they boarded an Airlift Northwest jet and were flown to Seattle for further care. The man was not identified...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-28/coast-guard-medevacs-ak-cruise-ship-pas
State
Vessel seized by Coast Guard reaches waters off Aleutian Islands port, awaits processing

...an Aleutian Islands port to await processing by federal authorities, the Coast Guard said Sunday.Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis said from Kodiak that the Bangun Perkasa remained three miles off Dutch Harbor as federal officials gather at the remote...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-03/vessel-seized-coast-guard-reaches-water
State
Coast Guard: 2 dead in shooting at Kodiak Island

...found at their work areas inside the Kodiak Island station early Thursday by another Coast Guard member, spokeswoman Sara Francis said.Officials believe a third person was involved in the shooting, she said, adding the rest of the roughly 60...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-13/coast-guard-2-dead-shooting-kodiak-isla
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Sen. Mark Begich wants rat-infested vessel accused of illegal fishing to be sunk

...pirate" fishing is unacceptable to the United States, and won't be tolerated.A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Alaska, Sara Francis, said a decision about what to do with the vessel would be made by NOAA Fisheries. A spokeswoman for that agency...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-05/sen-mark-begich-wants-rat-infested-vess
State
Coast Guard: Significant amount of rats must be removed from boat seized for illegal fishing

...working on the logistics of getting the 22 crew members off the Bangun Perkasa and dealing with the rats, spokeswoman Sara Francis said. A state law prevents ships with rats from entering Alaska waters.The boat was seized as a stateless vessel...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-02/coast-guard-significant-amount-rats-mus
State
Authorities remove crew from seized vessel off Alaska coast; ship infested with rats

...reported finding 30 tons of squid and 30 shark carcasses on board.The crew was removed Monday, Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis said. She said logistics prevented it happening sooner.State law prevents ships with rats from entering Alaska waters...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-04/authorities-remove-crew-seized-vessel-a
State
Coast Guard black hulls meet in Juneau for annual buoy tender roundup

...buoy of a certain weight and the conditions you can do it in," Coast Guard public relations Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis said. "Just all kinds of different training that are intrinsic to being on a Coast Guard cutter as well as aids to...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-07-17/coast-guard-black-hulls-meet-juneau-ann
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