JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Operation Arctic Shield 2016 concludes as Air Station Kodiak crews close Forward Operating Location Kotzebue, Monday. Air Station Kodiak crews were deployed to FOL Kotzebue during the summer months as part of Operation Arctic Shield, an annual operation that began in 2009. The aircrews responded to 22 cases, saving six lives and assisting five […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard boatcrew and a good Samaritan rescued three adults and two teenagers from a 32-foot personal craft taking on water in the vicinity of Naked Island Sunday morning. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a mobile phone call at 6 a.m. from one of the five people reporting they had abandoned ship and swam to […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to Chena Hot Springs Road on Saturday afternoon after receiving a report of a two-vehicle collision near Rifle Road. The investigation opened at the scene would determine that one of the vehicles involved, a 2005 Ford F-150, driven by 22-year-old Luke LaCross of Wisconsin, while driving eastbound on Chena Hot Springs […]
Alaska State Troopers reported that they opened an investigation into a burglary at the 12 mile Roadhouse in North Pole at 8:55 am on Sunday. As the investigation continued, it was discovered that a 2001 Ford truck with a trailer, that was hauling a bulldozer, was stolen from State Forestry. At 5:30 p.m., that pickup […]