A 17-year-old girl suffered severe injuries to her left arm in an ATV rollover on Kodiak Island’s Chiniak Highway on Sunday at approximately noon, the troopers and United State Coast Guard reported this weekend. USCG responded to mile marker 37 0f the Chiniak Highway via an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after receiving an “assist request” from […]
The search for missing Nome hiker, Joseph Balderas will continue today, although the air asset, a chartered R44 helicopter has discontinued its search efforts as have the USCG helicopter that was diverted from its training mission in Kotzebue. Nearly two dozen ground searchers on foot and ATVs, as well as three dog teams from Fairbanks PAWS have […]
After receiving a missing person report at 9:30 AM, Nome-based Alaska State troopers initiated a search for a Nome man who did not arrive at work as scheduled this morning. 36-year-old Joseph Balderas of Nome, is believed to have been out hiking and Mountain running on Sunday and did not return back to Nome as planned. […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 26-year-old fisherman from the 79-foot fishing vessel Pacific Star approximately 74 miles southeast of the city of Kodiak, Alaska, Saturday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the injured fisherman and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the Kodiak Airport. Coast […]