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A teenager was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search. In a statement, the parents of 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai thanked rescue teams and Honolulu lifeguard Noland Keaulana for searching for the teen through the night and finding him safe.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a 60-year-old man sailing from California to Hawaiʻi arrived in the islands over the weekend. The Coast Guard says Noel Rubio arrived safely with his sailboat Malulani on Saturday, one day after it asked the public for help finding him.

An estimated $2.7 million worth of illegal fireworks were found in a shipment at the Port of Honolulu and sent back to the continent to be destroyed, the U.S. Coast Guard recently announced.

International partnership and interagency mingling are both key parts of the Rim of the Pacific exercises. The locally-based cutter crews and dive teams are training global counterparts over at the U.S. Coast Guard’s District 14 Honolulu Base. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.

The nonprofit organization Coast Guard Mutual Assistance has set aside $150,000 to help Coast Guard families in military housing units affected by the petroleum-contaminated water. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.

Crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it is sending investigators to the site where the Boeing 737 went into the water back in July.

To celebrate the 231st birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard, The Conversation stopped to reflect on the history of the branch whose mission includes maritime safety, national security and environmental stewardship — its motto is “Always Ready.”

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The cargo airline whose plane ditched into the ocean off Hawaiʻi this month is being grounded by safety regulators. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it will bar Rhoades Aviation of Honolulu from flying or doing maintenance inspections until it complies with FAA regulations.

Investigators will use sonar to search for a cargo plane that crashed into the ocean and sank near Honolulu. Both pilots were rescued by the Coast Guard last Friday.