Alaska State Troopers received a call from MATCOM Dispatch at 6:48 pm on Wednesday reporting that a vessel was sinking near Whittier. The vessel that was reported sinking was one of two with two persons each that had been out hunting on Esther Island and were returning to Whittier on Wednesday afternoon. The two vessels […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Fort Yukon man 42-year-old Samson Peter III, who had gone overboard from a boat when it collided with a sandbar near Fort Yukon on the evening off June 25th, have been located. Peter was thrown from the boat in the late evening hours and good samaritans from […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard in partnership with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), as well as federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are preparing for Operation Dry Water 2021 to commence in Alaska Friday through the holiday weekend. Boaters can expect to see an increased law enforcement presence on […]
AST reports that Wildlife Troopers are conducting an investigation into the cause of a fatal boating accident that took place in the Starrigavan Boat Launch area on Friday. State and Wildlife Troopers were alerted to two boaters being thrown from a 17-foot skiff near Lisianski Point just after 12 noon on Friday afternoon. The two […]