The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reporting that at least 800 carcasses of seabirds, that include Northern Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Shearwaters, Murres and Auklets have been observed on the beaches throughout the Bering Sea and Bering Straits since early August of this year. “Dead and dying seabirds have been reported from Shishmaref, south to the Pribilof […]
An early Monday morning report of a floating body on Aleknagik Lake spurred an investigation by Alaska State Troopers on Monday. According to the trooper dispatch, at 39 minutes past midnight, AST received a call reporting a possible drowning death on the west shore of Aleknagik Lake in southwest Alaska. As the investigation unfolded, it […]
A Kenai man, paddle-boating and swimming in Johnson Lake near Kasilof died as a result of drowning early afternoon on Sunday, troopers reported. At 12:54 pm on Sunday, Troopers, as well as Alaska State Parks and Central Emergency Services, were called out on a drowning case at the Johnson Lake Recreational area 15 miles south […]
UPDATE: The remains of Edgar Curtis was recovered from Finger Lake by divers at just before 6 pm on Tuesday and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage. The investigation continues. ORIGINAL: A Wasilla man is missing and is suspected of being drowned after a canoe capsizing incident at Finger Lake in Wasilla […]