KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 68-year-old man who fell ill aboard the 35-foot fishing vessel Northern Star docked in Point Baker on Prince of Wales Island, Thursday. The Jayhawk crew landed on a nearby beach and brought the man aboard where he was transported to Sitka […]
It was Thursday afternoon that troopers, after observing an equipment violation on a vehicle that was also suspected of illegal drug activity, pulled the vehicle over at Wasilla-Fishhook Road and Seldon Road. When troopers contacted the driver and asked him to identify himself, the driver provided false identification to the officers. Troopers would later identify […]
Although the missing persons case will remain open until she is found, the active search for 48-year-old Sharon Buis has been called off after searchers and investigators could find no new leads as to the whereabouts of the missing hiker. Search teams that included the SEADOGS, Juneau Mountain Rescue, the United States Coast Guard and […]
(Soldotna) — Responding to a report of an animal den with living occupants found in the smoldering debris of the Funny River Horse Trail Wildfire on Tuesday, May 27, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Jeff Selinger didn’t know what to expect. Firefighters who happened upon the scene had detected movement within, but […]