A 14-year-old Tuntutuliak girl was discovered deceased after she went missing from a boat near the mouth of the Kialik River on Saturday, troopers reported on Tuesday. According to the trooper dispatch, a family of five was traveling to Tuntutuliak from Bethel on Saturday evening. The boat, with three adults, an infant and 14-year-old Ann Frank, […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez, Alaska, boatcrew responded to a 30-foot fishing vessel taking on water near Valdez, Monday. The boatcrew transferred a dewatering pump and damage control kit to the two boaters and assisted them in controlling the onboard flooding before escorting the vessel to Cordova. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders […]
Just prior to 8 pm on the Fourth of July, while traveling southbound on the Seward Highway, towing a boat and trailer, a motorist, later identified as 66-year-old Wasilla resident, Dana Lynn Dobson, lost control and left the roadway. Troopers, with the Bureau of Highway Patrol-Girdwood Team, arrived at the scene at approximately 7:56 pm, […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew assisted three recreational mariners aboard the disabled 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea in Blackstone Bay near Whittier, Alaska, Sunday. The rescue boatcrew rendezvoused with the Herrisea and safely towed the vessel to Whittier. Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notice from […]