Posted on 10:08 pm, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Tags: coast guard, fisherman, missing, puna
Rescue crews searched the shoreline fronting Malama Flats near MacKenzie State Park for a missing 56-year-old fisherman who was last seen 9 p.m. Friday (June 6) in the area. Witnesses said the man was swept out to sea after either slipping or being washed off a 10-foot cliff by a wave.
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Posted on 7:53 pm, Sunday, March 23, 2014. Tags: coast guard, Kohala, rescue
Fire department and Coast Guard crews rescued a pair of kayakers in distress off the Kohala Coast Sunday afternoon (March 23). At 12:27 p.m.Hawaii County Fire Department was notified of kayakers in distress off the Kohala Coast outside of the nine mile-marker of Akoni Pule Highway. The father of the kayakers met with fire/rescue crews […]
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Posted on 10:51 pm, Sunday, January 19, 2014. Tags: coast guard, cutter kittiwake, overdue vessel
MEDIA RELEASE The Coast Guard responded Thursday morning to a report of an overdue vessel 35 nautical miles west of the Big Island. A C-130 from Oahu’s Air Station Barbers Point launched on the case and located the vessel, vectoring in the Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake. The C-130 dropped flares on scene to increase visibility. […]
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Posted on 9:01 pm, Thursday, December 12, 2013. Tags: coast guard, department of health, josh green, loretta fuddy, richard taaffe
Richard Taffe, Director of West Hawaii Community Health Center and Senator Josh Green provide a tribute to Loretta Fuddy, followed by a moment of silence. Visionary Video Hawaii 24/7 Staff Family, friends and coworkers from Honolulu to Washington, D.C. paid tribute Thursday to Loretta Fuddy, the state Department of Health director who died Wednesday afternoon […]
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Posted on 10:52 pm, Monday, June 10, 2013. Tags: coast guard, kawaihae
Pleasure craft towed back to Kawaihae after running out of fuel
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Posted on 11:44 pm, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Tags: coast guard, stolt topaz
MEDIA RELEASE The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a crewmember aboard a motor tanker Friday approximately 92 miles southeast of Hilo. Coast Guard watchstanders at Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received a request for assistance from the crew of the 580-foot Cayman Island-flagged motor tanker Stolt Topaz at 7:53 a.m. Thursday. A 56-year-old Filipino crewmember was […]
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Posted on 4:12 am, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Tags: coast guard, kiska, mellow yellow
MEDIA RELEASE The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kiska assisted the crew aboard a disabled vessel approximately 6 miles east of Pohokiki, off the Big Island Sunday, March 3. Coast Guard watchstanders in the Sector Honolulu Command Center were notified that the 24-foot Mellow Yellow had lost steering at 7:15 a.m. Sunday. Two people […]
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Posted on 11:27 pm, Friday, February 1, 2013. Tags: coast guard, hawaiian monk seal
Coast Guard crews, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transported a Hawaiian monk seal from the Big Island to Oahu for urgent medical care, Friday (Feb 1).
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Posted on 6:24 pm, Friday, February 1, 2013. Tags: coast guard, diver, fire department, honaunau, missing
The search continued Friday (Feb 1) for a missing diver off the coast of Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park. The missing diver was last seen on Wednesday (Jan 30) at the park at about 4 p.m. The man’s keys, wallet and cellphone were found in his truck at the park.
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Posted on 10:44 pm, Thursday, December 20, 2012. Tags: barack obama, coast guard, security zone
MEDIA RELEASE Coast Guard law enforcement officers will enforce a temporary security zone on and around Oahu beginning as early as Dec. 21, 2012. The temporary security zone is necessary to ensure the safety of the President of the United States and his official party. The security zone will be in effect from 6 a.m. […]
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Posted on 12:07 am, Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Tags: coast guard, dlnr, humpback whales, noaa, operation kohola guardian
MEDIA RELEASE Crews from the Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the state’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, from the Department of Land and Natural Resources are partnering to protect humpback whales as they make their annual migration to Hawaiian waters. Humpback whale season is generally from November to May with the […]
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Posted on 9:33 pm, Thursday, September 27, 2012. Tags: coast guard, dlnr, japan, noaa, tsunami debris
Contingency plans being prepared to intercept floating dock and handle before it reaches land
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Posted on 4:48 pm, Friday, August 10, 2012. Tags: amigo net ham, coast guard
The Coast Guard is coordinating the rescue of a mariner in distress approximately 287 miles northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, Friday. Watchstanders at Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received an email report from an Amigo Net Ham radio operator that a mariner aboard the Australian-flagged sailing vessel Q-Wave was disabled and requesting assistance. The mariner had […]
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Posted on 7:02 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Tags: coast guard, drowning, kealakekua bay, tyler madoff
Coast Guard and fire department crews are searching with a helicopter, boats and divers. Good Samaritans have also joined the search with their personal boats.
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