JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — His boat swamped, a nasty Western Alaska storm taking hold, and hypothermia rapidly setting in, a stranded boater needed a lifeline – and fast. The man had attempted an ill-fated odyssey from Dillingham to Togiak – 68 miles apart by air – in nothing more than a skiff. Alaska, via […]
A deceased 74-year-old Soldotna man was recovered from the Delta River on Wednesday evening, troopers reported. Troopers received a report of a man in the Delta River at 2:54 pm on Wednesday. State and Wildlife Troopers, the Fort Greely Fire Department, the Rural Deltana Fire Department, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Helo-5 and Army Black Rapids Training […]
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 […]
An SOS message from an InReach device on the Goodpaster River near Delta Junction was received by the International Emergency Response Coordination Center at 12:03 pm on Friday. In turn, the center relayed the information to the Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers. According to the report, 66-year-old Gary W. Pitt of Mt Vernon, Texas, capsized while being […]