JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen rescued 12 stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier, southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park, June 1. The rescue response was initiated at 7:55 a.m. on May 29 when the National Park Service requested support from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receiving […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with multiple civil search and rescue partners to rescue a hiker injured in a fall on May 26 near Kennicott, Alaska. National Park Service contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at 6:20 p.m. on May 26 to notify them of the incident […]
At just after 11 am on Tuesday Glennallen-based troopers were notified of a bear mauling near mile 117 of the Richardson Highway near Gulkana and they as well as local Fire and Rescue personnel responded to the scene. The 61-year-old victim from Chitina was soon located and assisted him to the Alaska Pipeline Road. The […]
The death of a 69-year-old Eagle man, after a closer look by the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage, has now been determined to be a homicide. Troopers were notified of the death of Gerald L. Goodnoh on the afternoon of May 6th. He had been found deceased on his property several miles outside of […]