At approximately 3:16 pm on July 4th, troopers received a report that Stephen Craig, age 67 of Wasilla had capsized in his canoe while canoeing down the Little Susitna River. According to his friend who called in the report, they saw, Craig run into overhanging branches on the river and got knocked into the water. […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the body of an Alaskan Native female was discovered on the Yukon River approximately 30 miles upriver of Emmonak. AST says the remains were turned over to the State Medical Examiner’s office and has been presumptively identified as 40-year-old Kimberly O’Domin of Marshall. Troopers have been looking for the victim […]
SEATTLE –Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $5,681,921 Lead Service Line Inventory grant to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The grant comes through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and will be used to conduct lead service line inventory of 269 public water systems designated as Tribal or Small Disadvantaged systems. The […]
Report sightings to the Alaska Marine Mammal 24/7 hotline at (877) 925-7773, or the U.S. Coast Guard on VHF Channel 16 NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding hotline received reports identifying two separate entangled whales in the Juneau area on July 3, 2023. NOAA Fisheries marine mammal experts are asking the public to keep an eye out […]