The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad notified the Alaska State Troopers of a spot beacon activation on Sunday afternoon at 1:17 pm from the Fish Creek camping area. According to the trooper dispatch on Monday, the beacon activation originated at the camping area in Thorne Bay approximately 18 miles to the east of Ketchikan. The rescue […]
Kodiak, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located and rescued two overdue boaters in the vicinity of Harriet Point, near Kenai, Sunday afternoon. The aircrew located the men in good condition and transported them aboard the helicopter to awaiting family members in Kenai. A family member reported the boaters overdue […]
The search for the three missing boaters, 40-year-old John Dimmick, 28-year-old Mark Valdez, and 25-year-old Cory Bicchinella, reported missing in the vicinity of Prince William Sound on Tuesday morning ended successfully. The boaters had been reported overdue from a two day fishing trip that began on Sunday and was to end on Monday night. The […]