Late Saturday afternoon a call went in to troopers based in Juneau that a 17-year-old teen had jumped off of a 25-30 foot drop into a manmade pond and failed to resurface. Two of the victim’s friends immediately reported the incident to Juneau police who in turn reported it to troopers at 5:40 pm. “Alaska […]
It was previously reported that there were 33 people unaccounted for. That number has been corrected to 34. Additionally, the good Samaritan vessel’s name has been corrected to Grape Escape. SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Coast Guard and partner agencies continue their response to a vessel fire that led to the Conception sinking near Santa Cruz Island […]
Troopers received a notification from Delorme Inreach that a device had been activated in the Peril Strait area at 8:25 am on Sunday morning. The Coast Guard responded to the area and recovered the remains of Sitka man 49-year-old Sean Elliot in Goose Cove. An overturned boat was also recovered after it was found overturned […]
On the upper Chena River in the heart of a cold winter, a songbird appeared on a gravel bar next to gurgling water that somehow remained unfrozen in 20-below zero air. Then the bird jumped in, disappeared underwater, and popped up a few feet upstream. The bird continued snorkeling against the current of the stream, […]