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 […]
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 […]