A pilot of a 1956 Piper Pacer was located alive and suffered only minor injuries after the Coast Guard responded to an Emergency Locator Transmitter on Monday night. According to the report, the Coast Guard received an ELT at 8:14 pm on Monday night that was set off approximately 22 miles west of Ketchikan on Prince of […]
Juneau, AK (August 12, 2016) – Senior officials from the United States (US) Department of State and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) traveled to Southeast Alaska last week to meet with tribes and the State of Alaska on trans-boundary mining activities occurring in Canada. Serious concerns have been raised regarding the impact mining activities have on the […]
ANCHORAGE — The Department of Health and Social Services has made the decision to close the Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility, effective Sept. 15, 2016. Youth from the Ketchikan area who need secure detention services will be transported to Juneau and placed in the Johnson Youth Center. Youth currently in the facility, their families, community leaders […]
After a 10 hour SERT-involved standoff in Klawock, a 27-year-old man from that community was taken into custody Tuesday night for the murder of his girlfriend. More than a week earlier, on July 31st, the remains of 27-year-old Judylee Guthrie were found in a wooded area near Klawock. Her body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s […]