Kodiak-based Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the Monday drowning victim on the south end of Kodiak Island on Wednesday morning. According to the trooper report posted on the trooper dispatch, at 4:30 pm late Monday afternoon, they received a report from the Coast Guard informing them of an unresponsive male, who has […]
The remains of a 45-year-old Selawik swimmer were turned over to his family after he drowned in the Selewik River on Monday night, troopers revealed. At 7:30 pm on Monday night, Selawik man 45-year-old Chester Skin was swimming in the Selawik River that runs through the community of Selawik when he disappeared below the surface. Several […]
The Public Safety Officer in Pilot Point called the United States Coast Guard to report a man who was lost after falling overboard from a fishing vessel on the Ugashik River on Thursday. According to the report on the trooper dispatch, 25-year-old Grant Hildreth Jr was working aboard the F/V Cape Greg when he fell overboard […]
Fatal falls overboard keep commercial fishing in the top ranks of most dangerous jobs in America, and yet many commercial harvesters still resist wearing the personal floatation devices (PFD) that might save their lives in such incidents. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that from 2000 through 2016 […]