JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard’s G Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment rescued an injured mountain biker south of Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, May 30. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received the support request from the Alaska State Troopers. Lt. Col. Christen Brewer, AKRCC director, said the request came from […]
Soldotna-based Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to Cooper Landing after being notified of bear attack at that location at 7:38 on Sunday evening. AWT opened a preliminary investigation that would find that a hiker and his border collie encountered a sow with two cubs along the Kenai River Trail and the canine chased the bears. The […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a rollover at mile 53 of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing after receiving a call reporting the accident at 7:45 am on Wednesday morning. When they arrived at the scene they found a Dodge SUV on its top in standing water alongside the roadway. A CES dive team was […]
UPDATE: Troopers report that the crashsite was accessed on Sunday and all bodies were recovered and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for positive identification. ORIGINAL: The Alaska Mountain Rescue Group is organizing to initiate a ground response into the Jean Lake area west of Cooper Landing on Sunday following reports of […]