The Coast Guard medevacs a hiker after he was mauled by a bear on Afognak Island, just north of Kodiak Island. Image USCG-Air Station Kodiak A 31-year-old hiker was medevaced by the US Coast Guard from Afognak Island north of Kodiak on Friday after he was mauled by a bear in that remote area, the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon medevaced a man from his anchored vessel near Posliedni Point in Afognak Bay, Alaska, Sunday morning. The Naushon crew launched their small boat and took the 65-year-old man and his wife on board […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Afognak Native Corporation announced today that it has recovered nearly all of the stolen funds that were fraudulently obtained by an international criminal ring during a sophisticated cyber crime attack against the corporation in May 2015. Approximately one year ago, Afognak’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Alutiiq, LLC, was the victim of a well-coordinated “spear […]
Troopers report that 44-year-old Steven Ridenour, of Anchorage has been charged in the death of 56-year-old Steven McCaulley of Port Williams on Shuyak Island. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Shuyak Island in November of 2015. It was on November 17th, that troopers received a request to do a welfare check on McCaulley, […]