JUNEAU — An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued four people who abandoned ship after their boat began taking on water when it reportedly hit a rock south of Atka Island, Saturday. Coast Guard District 17 command center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon alert from the fishing vessel Clyde. Watchstanders were able […]
AST in Bethel revealed that a person in custody at the village jail in Akiachak died while being held in protective custody on Friday night. Tribal police reported that they had taken 54-year-old Robert Nick into protective custody because of his level of intoxication. When the tribal jail guard later checked on him, he […]
Alaska State Troopers, after an unnecessary search operation for two overdue hunters on Sunday are reminding hunters to “provide friends and family with a trip plan and keep them informed of their hunting plans.” AST received notification of two overdue Emmonak hunters that had left Emmonak on one snow machine at 5 pm on […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion saved two hunters after they broke through Yukon River ice while traveling on their snowmachines early Wednesday morning in western Alaska. Alaska State Troopers contacted the Rescue Coordination Center at about 2:30 a.m. to request a search and rescue […]