KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued a plane crash survivor approximately 35 miles northwest of Juneau, Sunday. Sector Southeast Alaska command center personnel launched an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Air Station Sitka at 5:38 p.m. to respond to the last known position of an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) alert near Excursion Inlet. At 7:05 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard conducted a rescue of two hunters 15 miles north of Chakachamna Lake near Merrill Pass, August 16, 2023, after receiving the mission request from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. The first call for assistance came to the AKRCC from a good Samaritan aviator who spotted […]
The North Slope Police Department in Utqiagvik released the names of the crash victims in Thursday’s helicopter crash 50 miles outside of that community. The victims were 51-year-old Fairbanks resident Ronald Daanen, 27-year-old Fairbanks resident Justin Germann, 26-year-old South Bend, Indiana resident Tori Moore, and 48-year-old pilot and North Pole resident Bernard “Tony” Higdon. The […]
Anchorage patrol officers responded to a call for an accident with injuries at mile 103 of the Seward Highway involving two motorhomes at 3:06 pm on Monday. Upon arrival, police and the Anchorage Fire Department EMTs found four victims suffering from injuries requiring treatment. An adult female and a juvenile in one motorhome were transported […]