In celebration of Black History Month here in #alaska, we honored a true Alaska legend, Revenue Captain “Hell Roaring” Michael A. Healy. Commanding officer of the cutters Chandler, Corwin, Bear, McCulloch and Thetis, he became a legend enforcing federal law along Alaska’s 20,000 mile coastline. In addition to being a friend to missionaries and scientists, […]
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a location 20 miles outside of Dillingham on the Nushagak River after the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance following a call from a hunter at 8am on Friday. AST received a call via a satellite Communications device from a hunter on the river reporting that his partner, John Alex […]
On Tuesday evening Wildlife Troopers were alerted to a bear mauling north of Glennallen on the Upper East Fork Indian River. Wildlife Troopers made contact with 33-year-old Michigan resident Nicholas Kuperus at approximately 5:13 pm via a satellite communication device and then responded from Glennallen to the area. Troopers made the trip via the state’s […]
This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska. He was not planning a remodel this year. Sometime during the winter, a polar bear tore through a plywood wall of the cabin Divoky moved 20 years ago to Cooper Island. Cooper Island is a crescent of […]