(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in late March. The Boundary Spur, also known as the Top of the World Highway, remains closed until […]
The Air National Guard reports that they have a helicopter with the 210th Rescue Squadron poised at the base of Bear Glacier in the Harding Ice Fields ready to fly up to the rescue of of two stranded hikers as soon as the weather clears enough to do so. Terrain and weather are prohibiting rescue […]
Although the Cessna 206 enroute from Wrangell to Angoon was located shortly after its emergency beacon was activated following its crash in steep terrain on Admiralty Island on Friday morning, the lone survivor of that ill-fated flight would remain without assistance several hours because weather conditions prevented a USCG MH-60 Jayhawk from getting a rescue […]
The United States Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating initial cleanup efforts with the city of Tuntutuliak in Southwest Alaska. USCG sent responders to the scene where a Caterpillar EL180 excavator fell through the ice on the Qinaq River near the small community to assess the site late last month. […]