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 […]
A capsized kayak, fitting the description of the kayak used by a Kasilof man, who was the subject of an extensive search after being reported missing was recovered by the trooper patrol vessel Augustine on Wednesday afternoon about one mile off-shore in Cook Inlet. Found near the capsized kayak, was a life jacket. It was […]
ANCHORAGE — A probable case of paralytic shellfish poisoning over the weekend has prompted the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Section of Epidemiology, to remind Alaskans and visitors alike of the ever-present risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, in recreationally-harvested Alaska shellfish. All locally harvested shellfish — including clams, mussels, oysters, geoducks […]
United States Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the Alaska State troopers on Tuesday evening. Troopers had contacted the Coast Guard is reporting that there was a man in distress in a deflating raft in Cook Inlet near Anchorage. According to Alaska State troopers, they had received a 911 call from a 44-year-old Anchorage […]