An inmate at Lemon Creek Correctional Center died as the result of hanging on Sunday after being found on Saturday afternoon, troopers report. Alaska State Troopers were notified by correctional officers at Lemon Creek that 27-year-old Mark Cook had been found hanging in his cell at 4:42 pm on Saturday. They reported that life-saving efforts […]
Juneau, AK – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) recently issued a joint letter with 11 First Nations and Indigenous tribes of Canada and the United States (U.S.) calling for the governments of Canada and British Columbia to honor their legal and ethical obligations and act […]
Sunday’s aerial survey covered Sitka Sound from Povorotni Point to St. Lazaria Island and as far north as Hayward Strait and the Siganaka Islands. Survey conditions were mostly good with overcast skies and 20-knot winds. No herring schools were seen during the aerial survey, however, approximately 2.0 nautical miles (nmi) of herring spawn was seen […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from the towing vessel Pacific Titan, near Pennock Island, Alaska, Monday. A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew arrived on scene at 4:19 p.m., embarked the patient and transported him to awaiting EMS in Ketchikan, Alaska. Watchstanders from the Coast Guard Sector Juneau […]