JUNEAU, Alaska — On Friday the Coast Guard recovered the downed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed on Read Island on Nov. 13th during a rescue mission. The four aircrew members involved in the crash were medevaced to Seattle and brought to Harborview Medical Center and have since been released. Efforts to retrieve the aircraft included the Coast Guard, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Juneau man was sentenced yesterday to two and a half years in prison and five years’ supervised release for stealing over $579,000 from three banks and two federal credit unions while serving as an armed transport guard. According to court documents, Austin Nolan Dwight Rutherford, 29, was an armed transport guard […]
On Friday the Department of Public Safety announced the recovery of another victim’s remains from the deadly Wasilla landslide. According to the report, at 4:25 pm on Thursday, Wrangell Search and Rescue volunteers and an excavator were able to recover the remains of 65-year-old Otto Florschutz after a Wrangell Search and Rescue K9 detected the […]
Individuals and families with damages or emergency expenses encouraged to apply. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ALASKA – The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) will be accepting applications for the State Individual Assistance and Temporary Housing programs for those with damages or emergency expenses related to the 2023 Wrangell and Coffman Cove landslides. […]