FORT. MYERS BEACH, Fla. Six men were rescued by a good Samaritan after their boat capsized 30 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fla., Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a report from a good Samaritan aboard…

NEW YORK A Coast Guard boat crew assisted 2 kayakers, actor Russell Crowe and his friend, near Huntington Bay, Long Island, N.Y., Saturday evening. A Coast Guard Station Eatons Necks, N.Y., rescue boat crew was on patrol in Huntington Bay…

LAS VEGAS - This evening at approximately 6:00 PM, the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Interagency Communication Center received an emergency call reporting a single vehicle rollover accident on Northshore Road in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. National Park Service…

CLEVELAND The Coast Guard, in conjunction with local partner agencies, is searching for a missing 14-year-old boy in Lake Michigan Sunday evening. The Coast Guard is not releasing the name or hometown of the boy, and there is no imagery…

The Wyoming population of gray wolves is recovered and no longer warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Beginning September 30th, wolves in Wyoming will be managed by the state under an approved management plan, as they are in…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Forest Service is giving $3.5 million in grants as part of a new program to support jobs and healthy forests in communities across the U.S. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program provides financial assistance grants…

Written By Lisa Novak, Coast Guard Public Affairs. Use horses to patrol the beach? The Coast Guard didnt say neigh. Beach patrols were normally done on foot, going back as early as 1871, when the Life-Saving Service, a predecessor of…

By Lee Roberts Nashville District NASHVILLE, Tenn. The lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty if not for the water storage reservoirs along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and their tributaries that provide a stream of water management…

Baltimore, Maryland U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced three Baltimore men who were members of a drug distribution organization to 15 years in prison, for conspiring to participate in the activities of a racketeering enterprise, specifically, the drug organization.…

Albequerque On Jan. 25, 2012, the owners and operators of a pecan farm in Anthony, N.M., their two sons and four others were arrested on a 24-count indictment alleging federal drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. As of this morning,…

SHELL ISLAND, Fla. A 49-year-old male kayaker was rescued by the Coast Guard after he became stranded on Shell Island, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call from a man stating he had been kayaking with…

BOSTON Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 41-year-old woman off the cruise ship Carnival Glory after she was reported to be suffering stroke-like symptoms approximately 55 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., August 5, 2012. Watchstaders at Sector Boston received…