The Monday trooper dispatch reported that Sitka-based troopers were advised just before nine AM on Saturday morning of an ongoing search being carried out by the Sitka Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard in the Sitka Channel for a missing Bellingham, Washington, man. According to the report, it was at about 11 PM on Friday night, that […]
On Sunday, Alaska State troopers announced court results stemming from an investigation that began in December of 2014 regarding a boating accident with injuries in Kanga Bay, South of Sitka. In a plea deal on January 22, 2015, 20-year-old Chatham Conner pled guilty to DUI and Reckless Endangerment. As a result, charges of Misconduct Involving […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak rescued two people aboard a disabled vessel near Togiak in Tvativak Bay Sunday. The helicopter crew hoisted a man and a pregnant woman from the 29-foot fishing vessel Yo Yo, homeported in Dillingham, and safely transferred them to Togiak. Watchstanders at the […]
The U.S. Coast Guard contacted Juneau-based Alaska State Troopers to advise them that they were initiating a search operation to locate 31-year-old Anchorage resident Charles Christianson in the Taigud Islands area at 11:30 pm Thursday night. Christianson had contacted his family at about 8:15 that evening reporting that he was suffering engine problems on his […]