Search and rescue personnel in Nome report that they located one of the victims of a capsize near Nome on Sunday afternoon. One victim remains missing. AST was advised that a 32-foot dredge had been capsized by a wave in the Nome area late in the evening of last Thursday with three aboard. According […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued two hunters Thursday that were stranded for six days on Mount Kelly, north of Kotzebue, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak C-130 Hercules aircraft crew deployed from the air station’s Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue and flew over Mount Kelly to locate the hunters and assess […]
NOME, Alaska – Chief of Police Michael Heintzelman and Deputy Chief of Police Robert Pruckner announced an update Tuesday in the Nome Police Department’s investigation into the disappearance of Florence Okpealuk. To date, the following law enforcement actions, investigative activities, and search efforts have taken place since Ms. Okplealuk was first reported missing: • […]
Nome police announced on Sunday that a vehicle and its driver who they sought for information they may have in connection with the disappearance of Florence Okpealuk, age 33, has been located. Okpealuk has been missing since August 31. She was last seen on West Beach that day. She is described as standing 5’2″ […]