The Coast Guard says it's seizing more drugs than ever and needs more ships, aircraft, and people to keep up

The service continues seizing record numbers of drugs at sea. In the last fiscal year, it brought in over 500,000 pounds of cocaine.
Forbes

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation, Facing Crisis, Rethinks Strategy

Unless something changes fast, the Coast Guard won't be able to send life-saving helicopters into action. Trouble with the U.S. Coast Guard’s emblematic fleet of 135 lifesaving, smuggler-hunting and ...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing aircraft on Lake Ponchartrain

The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for two missing people on Lake Ponchartrain after their aircraft lost communications with air traffic control.
KLCC

Federal attorneys now say Coast Guard helicopter will remain in Newport until spring and then could be moved

When U.S. Department of Justice attorneys appear in federal court Monday in Eugene, they will argue that Newport Fishermen’s ...
WESA

A search is underway along Alaska's coast for a plane carrying 10 people

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle. The Bering Air Caravan, a ...
PBS

Rescuers search for missing plane along Alaska’s western coast

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle. The Bering Air Caravan, a ...

Marooned Off the English Coast: Lots of Bananas

Containers of bananas, avocados and plantains fell off a cargo ship off the Isle of Wight. A soggy fruit harvest ensued.