JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews opened a seasonal forward operating location last week in Kotzebue. Air Station Kodiak aircrews transferred aviation airframes and equipment to Kotzebue to reduce response time to the Bering Strait and Northern Slope regions in anticipation of historically increased maritime activity in that region during summer operations. “Establishing forward […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued five hunters Wednesday, who had been stranded for four days on the ice pack near Cape Espenberg, 28-miles southeast of Kotzebue. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the five hunters at approximately 4 p.m. and transported them to the Kotzebue Airport. Watchstanders in […]
(Kotzebue, Alaska) – On Monday, June 21, 2021, Peter Vance Wilson pleaded guilty to first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse of a minor stemming from the September 6, 2018 murder of Ashley Johnson Barr in Kotzebue, Alaska. The State and Mr. Wilson entered into a plea agreement prior to Mr. Wilson’s change of plea. […]
Midafternoon on Wednesday Alaska State troopers were advised of a missing snow machiner in the community of Shishmaref on the northwest portion of the Seward Peninsula. The call to troopers was received at 3:50 pm on Wednesday reporting a Shishmaref man, 32-year-old Bert Iyatunguk, had attempted to water skip his machine across an open stretch […]