JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, a Sitka Fire Rescue crew, and four good Samaritan crews rescued three adults and three children after their 27-foot cabin cruiser began taking on water near Long Island in Sitka Sound, Tuesday evening. The Jayhawk crew lowered two dewatering pumps to the crews of […]
After reading the article “Canada Criticized by Washington State After Cleanup Exercise,” (June 10, 2018 Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail) I am compelled to write to the “Editor.” The exercise by Canadian response ended with concern by Washington state that Canada is not prepared for an oil spill in a maritime environment. Wow America, that […]
AST located and rescued a female hiker from the Crow Creek area after she activated a SPOT beacon late Wednesday afternoon, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. According to the report, 21-year-old Amelia Milling, who was hiking the Crow Creek Trail from Girdwood to Eagle River had gotten wet and ill while trying to cross […]
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Palmer man on several charges after responding to mile 12 of the Palmer Fishhook Road near Hatcher Pass following a suspicious vehicle report. When they traveled at that location at approximately 2 am on Thursday morning they located the reported vehicle at mile 11.5 speeding and driving erratically and attempted to […]