Tag: Waters

Video shows fiery small plane crash into WA waters near Orcas Island

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. – A former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew reportedly died as he piloted a plane that crashed into Puget Sound near Orcas Island on Friday. Officials with the United States Coast Guard Pacific Northwest said the crash happened near Orcas Island before 11:45 a.m. The Associated Press […]

Chinese armed vessels patrol waters around disputed islands, angering Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan lodged a protest against Beijing on Friday after four armed Chinese coastguard vessels entered waters that Tokyo considers its territory. The Japanese government said it was the first time that four Chinese vessels carrying what appeared to be cannon entered its territorial waters in the East China Sea surrounding the disputed […]

Maine stocks PFAS-laden waters with fish, warns ‘do not eat’

Jun. 2—FAIRFIELD — Chock-full of forever chemicals, the fishing holes next to Fairfield’s youth athletic complex on Industrial Drive are believed to be some of the most polluted waters in Maine — yet the state still stocks these ponds every year with hatchery-raised brook trout for local children to catch. The Maine Department of Inland […]

Two missing after canoes went over Boundary Waters waterfall

Two paddlers are missing after two canoes went over a waterfall in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) Saturday, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Around 7:20 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported the canoes went over Curtain Falls, a waterfall between Crooked Lake and Iron Lake on the Minnesota-Ontario border. The caller […]