OLD HARBOR, Alaska — Alaska National Guardsmen from the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment teamed up with service members from across the Department of Defense to participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project here, April 17 – May 1, 2017. Led by U.S. Marine Forces Reserve, this year’s four-month project is part of a […]
A Personal Locator Beacon was activated and picked up by the Alaska Rescue Coordination Cewnter on Thursday at 4:06 pm. The beacon was activated at the Medfra runway approximately 31 miles northwest of Nikolai. Shortly after, troopers received another call reporting that a tree had fallen on 55-year-old Roger Seavoy, and Seavoy suffered head and neck injuries […]
The National Transportation Safety Board was notified after an aircraft incident that took place near Meadow Lakes Drive on Sunday afternoon. It was on Sunday afternoon than 58-year-old Edward T. Merren took off from the grassy airstrip. After takeoff, and as he was beginning to gain altitude a strong cross wind hit the areaand pushed […]