Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Hydaburg Man

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Hydaburg Man

The US Coast Guard announced on Saturday that they were suspending the search for the missing Hydaburg man, 20-year-old Francis Charles of Hydaburg following negative results. Hydaburg SAR contacted the watchstanders at the USCG Sector Juneau Command Center and requested assistance in the search for Charles on Thursday evening.  Charles had failed to return to […]

British Columbia Man Dies after Vehicle Plummets over Salmon River Embankment

British Columbia Man Dies after Vehicle Plummets over Salmon River Embankment

The Alaska State Troopers, a Saxman-based VPSO, and members of the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad are en-route to the community of Hyder in connection with a fatal motor vehicle accident there, says AST. Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan received a report of a fatal accident in the community of Hyder at 11:02 am on Tuesday. […]

Seven Survive ‘Beaver’ Crash near Ketchikan

Seven Survive ‘Beaver’ Crash near Ketchikan

On Sunday afternoon, a DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver crashed into Big Goat Lake on take-off, it was reported in the trooper dispatch on Monday. The “Beaver,” flown by 30-year-old Matthew B. Perron, had taken six passengers, from a cruise line that was docked in Ketchikan. The flight had gone to the popular sight-seeing destination in the […]