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The Coast Guard recognizes 406 MHz Day and the importance of the use of emergency positioning indicating radio beacons in our maritime environment to save lives, Friday (April 6).

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The Coast Guard suspended the active search Friday for a man in the water in the vicinity of Ka’alu’alu Bay on the Big Island. Shane Romena, 48, remains missing. “Our sincerest condolences go out to Romena’s family and friends during this difficult time,” said Senior Chief Brian Wear, a command duty officer at Coast Guard […]

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Fire and Coast Guard crews spent a second day searching for a missing fisherman Tuesday (July 4) near the coastline of Ka‘alu‘alu Bay. The search resumed at daybreak with ground crews searching the shoreline areas, dive teams searching the water near the area where the fisherman fell into the ocean.

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The Coast Guard suspended the active search Thursday for a solo-sailor aboard the 36-foot sailing vessel Celebration last reported 1,800 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Richard Carr, 71, remains missing.

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The Coast Guard and Honolulu County Fire Department are searching for a possible missing fisherman near the break wall in Hilo on the Big Island, Wednesday (Dec 14). Coast Guard aircrews from Air Station Barbers Point aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules airplane have been launched in addition to the USCGC Galveston […]

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The vessel reportedly has a maximum pollution potential of 600 gallons of diesel fuel aboard, commercial batteries and 19.5 gallons of hydraulic and lube oils.

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Plane crash survivors rescued at 11:35 a.m. Friday (July 15) about nine miles north of the Kona International Airport about a mile and half offshore.

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The Coast Guard and Navy responded Thursday (July 14) to a report of a downed aircraft off the Kona Coast. Searching late Thursday were HC-130 Hercules airplane crews and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Air Station Barbers Point with a Navy MH-60R helicopter crew from the USS Chung Hoon (DDG-93).

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The Coast Guard and Hawaii County Fire Department suspended the search Saturday for missing 69-year-old Diana Wolking presumed swept out to sea while diving near Puako Beach, Big Island.

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The Coast Guard and Hawaii County Fire Department are searching for a missing diver off Puako Beach, Big Island, Wednesday. Missing is 69-year-old Diana Wolking. Wolking was last seen wearing a black rash guard, black and white bikini bottom with a scuba tank and black fins. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers […]

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The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owner of an adrift green kayak spotted 19 miles southwest of Kapoho Bay, Big Island, Tuesday. The kayak remains adrift at this time, to be recovered later as crews continue their existing searches. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the […]

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The Dolphin helicopter crew arrived on scene and located a submerged dive light, but it was undetermined if the diver was in the area of the light when it was sighted. Hawaii County Fire Department divers have since recovered the light and a fishing spear, but the diver remains missing.

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The kayaker was en route Big Island from Maui when he reportedly lost sight of the island due to volcanic smog and drifted off course.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff A teenager remained missing late Monday after jumping Sunday from a cliff at Hapuna Beach Park. The 13-year-old boy, wearing a black shirt and tan shorts, with friends when he reportedly jumped off a 15-foot cliff and never resurfaced. At 10:21 a.m. Sunday, county fire crews notified the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu […]

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