After exploring the Pacific, Captain George Vancouver turned north into the Pacific Northwest in 1793 before setting south to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) to winter there before setting sail to Cook Inlet in search of the Northwest Passage. After Cook Inlet, Vancouver set south along the coastline, drawing detailed charts along the way through 1794. […]
A Cessna 441 aircraft chartered from Security Aviation in Anchorage went down with all souls aboard near the remote Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage at approximately 12:15 pm on Thursday. Two pilots, and six passengers, including two from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) all […]
On Tuesday, at about 2:40 p.m., a bear attack involving an adult female near Bells Flats was reported to Kodiak police. Alaska State Troopers and EMS personnel responded to the area. According to a preliminary investigation, the woman had been walking her dog alongside a salmon stream when she came upon a sow bear with […]
On Friday, August 14, at approximately 8:40 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a reported disturbance in Emmonak. Troopers responded to the scene and located 37-year-old Emmonak resident Anita Hootch deceased inside an abandoned steam bath. They also found 38-year-old Emmonak resident Christopher Horn inside the structure suffering from knife wounds. Horn was […]