JULY 3, 2026 — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a 45-foot vessel fire with seven people aboard on the Canadian side of the Detroit River, Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Detroit watchstanders received a request for assistance from Joint Rescue Coordination Center Trenton at 2:56 a.m. following a report of a pleasure craft that had caught fire with all seven people … [Read more...]

JULY 2, 2026 — U.S. Coast Guard crews are scheduled to work with various law enforcement agencies across the region, July 3 – 5, in preparation for one of the busiest boating weekends of the year. The projected increase in patrols on the waterways is part of Operation Dry Water, an annual campaign coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, … [Read more...]

JUNE 30, 2026 - The Olympic Peninsula is home to one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Noteworthy for its extreme elevation changes—the landscape spanning coastline to the snow-capped Olympic Mountains— it is home to the largest temperate rainforest in the continental United States and species of wildlife and plants found nowhere else on earth due to the region’s … [Read more...]

JUNE 30, 2026 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to Bordelon Marine to provide a commercial support vessel that will transport supplies, equipment and personnel to Coast Guard cutters operating in the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and other maritime areas in the Western Hemisphere. The contract supports the Coast Guard’s Homeland Security Cutter-Ocean (HSC-Ocean) … [Read more...]

JUNE 30, 2026 - The crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bear offloaded approximately 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth more than $63 million at Port Everglades, Florida, June 26. The seized contraband was the result of three interdictions in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew detected a go-fast vessel June 11, and the … [Read more...]