Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan say they received a report at 12:33 pm of an intoxicated boater who had crashed into the Refuge Cove Marina multiple times at mile 8 of the North Tongass Highway and so responded to the scene. When they arrived, they observed 53-year-old Frederick Sheen attempting to drive his 28 […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Seward and Soldotna, along with Alaska Wildlife troopers responded to a fatal multiple-vehicle collision at mile 45 of the Seward Highway at 7:11 pm on Sunday evening. The subsequent investigation at the crash scene revealed that a 2002 BMW sedan, driven by 34-year-old Arleigh Bacarella of Nikiski crossed over […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard crews are searching for five people in the water Wednesday after their boat sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska. Scandies Rose, a 130-foot crab fishing vessel homeported in Dutch Harbor, sank at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday with seven crew members aboard. Two survivors were rescued, five crew members are still missing. […]
Click on images to view high-resolution versions. JUNEAU, Alaska — Three mariners are safe after being rescued, Friday, from a burning boat approximately two miles north of Ketchikan Airport. A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan and the crew of Ketchikan Fire Department vessel Harry Newell arrived on scene at 4:57 p.m., Friday, and found […]