COAST GUARD
Coast Guard launching paddlesports safety effort 
The U.S. Coast Guard is launching its third annual Great Lakes safe boating awareness effort focused on paddlesports.
By Associated Press , July 20, 2012
Coast Guard plans to go ahead, sink Japanese ship
A Canadian fishing vessel that claimed salvage rights over a Japanese ghost ship will not tow it, clearing the way Thursday for the U.S. Coast Guard to go ahead with plans to sink the stricken boat.
By Mark Thiessen and Rachel D'Oro , April 05, 2012
Coast Guard identifies missing fisherman, suspends search
The Coast Guard has released the names of four people presumed dead after their fishing trawler disappeared off the Washington coast after sending a distress signal
By Gene Johnson , March 11, 2012
Experts: U.S. lacks plans to adequately respond to oil spill off Cuba
Coast Guard officials told a U.S. House subcommittee today in Florida that Cuba is close to beginning drilling. They say a spill could harm the tourism and fishing industries.
By Laura Wides-Munoz , January 30, 2012
Plane ditches in ocean off Hawaii, pilot rescued
A small plane ran out of fuel and was ditched in the ocean several miles off Hawaii's coast, but the pilot was rescued by Coast Guard crews who had flown alongside and coached him on crash landing in the choppy seas.
By Associated Press , October 08, 2011
Men stranded 5 days at sea safely back on land
A father and son who spent five days adrift at sea after their tuna boat lost power off the Oregon coast are safely back ashore following an expansive search by Coast Guard aircraft.
By Tim Fought , July 08, 2011
2 kayakers rescued from Lake Superior near Duluth
The U.S. Coast Guard was rescuing one kayaker from chilly Lake Superior when they learned another kayaker also needed help.
By Associated Press , June 29, 2011
Coast Guard reopens part of Mississippi River
The Coast Guard reopened the swollen Mississippi River north of New Orleans on Tuesday, allowing cargo vessels on the nation's busiest waterway to pass slowly, one at a time in the latest effort to reduce pressure from rising floodwaters.
By Alan Sayre and Holbrook Mohr , May 17, 2011
Coast Guard closes stretch of Mississippi
Children played in front yards and neighbors chatted under a cloudless sky Friday in a south Memphis neighborhood, yards away from the rising water of the Nonconnah Creek.
By Adrian Sainz and Cain Burdeau , May 06, 2011
VIDEO: Coast Guard, on airboats, patroling in eastern Walsh County
The U.S. Coast Guard is on patrol in eastern Walsh County. This video, recorded Saturday, shows Guard members from Detroit's Coast Guard Station Belle Isle using airboats in floodwaters to conduct wellness checks and other critical functions. Open the article link, then look down the page to see the video.
By Herald Staff Report , April 19, 2011
- Welfare check in eastern Walsh County
- Red slows, nears crest at Drayton
- VIDEO: Semi-truck drives through interstate water north of Manvel, N.D.
- See a collection of 2011 flood videos on GrandForksHerald.com
- VIDEO: Snow-covered Red River flood scenes part of Grand Forks-East Grand Forks images
- Put your flood photos on display at GrandForksHerald.com
Coast Guard admiral touring flood areas
The commander of the eighth district of the U.S. Coast Guard is touring flood-affected areas of North Dakota on Sunday afternoon.
By Associated Press , April 17, 2011
Coast Guard rescues 5, assists in flood response in N.D.
A Coast Guard airboat crew rescued five people Saturday afternoon near Argusville, N.D. The rescue involved one resident and four responders. There were no reports of injuries.
By Herald Staff Report , April 10, 2011
GULF OIL SPILL: Is experimental well cap making disaster worse?
Scientists huddled Tuesday to analyze data from the ocean floor as they weigh whether a leaking well cap is a sign BP’s broken oil well is buckling.
By Colleen Long and Matthew Daly , July 20, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS: Trim the ‘Experts,’ Trust the Locals
We have vested too much authority in national officials who are really smart, but who are really distant. We should be leaving more power with local officials, who may not be as expert, but who have the advantage of being there on the ground.
By David Brooks , June 19, 2010
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