WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2024 Recreational Boating Statistics Report Tuesday. The report records the fewest boating fatalities since the Service began collecting statistics more than 50 years ago. Fatalities fell 1.4% to 556 from 564 in 2023, while overall incidents increased by 1.1% from 3,844 to 3.887. Nonfatal injuries increased 2.1% […]
[content id=”79272″] On Sunday afternoon, troopers received an alert from Napakiak that there was an overdue boat with two aboard that hadn’t arrived as scheduled at the community. A HASTY search was launched from the community and soon the community’s VPO would locate the overdue boat submerged down the river from Napakiak. Shortly thereafter, one […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Carlie Alexie were located and recovered by local searchers during the early morning hours of Thursday. Alexie has been missing since August 3rd, when for unknown reasons, while out boating in the Bering Sea near the Pikmiktalik River, Alexie jumped into the water from the boat. Troopers […]
Almost three weeks after he disappeared into the Nushagak River, the remains of Joseph Gust were retrieved after his body was found floating several miles downstream from where he was last seen. J. Gust’s remains were found on Saturday. Dillingham and wildlife troopers responded to the scene and made the recovery. His body was sent […]