JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Army National Guard Soldier died Saturday morning around 2 a.m. when he was swept away by the water current while fishing in Copper River. Sgt. 1st Class Russell Anthony Hepler, 35, was dip-netting with his wife, Shandra Hepler, in Copper River near O’Brien Creek, south of the […]
Recovery efforts for a man lost overboard near Nome on Friday were unsuccessful as of Monday AST reports. A report of a man overboard was received by Nome-based Alaska State Troopers at approximately 8:49 am. 56-year-old Anthony Shelp was out on a fishing vessel with family members when he fell overboard. Shelp’s family members attempted […]
The body of a Ketchikan woman was discovered floating in the water near the Hole in the Wall boat launch on Wednesday morning Alaska State Troopers revealed on the trooper dispatch today. According to the report, 66-year-old Doretta Dowhitt was found floating in the water at approximately 6:30 am on Wednesday by one of her neighbors. […]
One person is deceased and another was rescued in a vessel accident in Chiniak Bay on Thursday afternoon the Alaska State Troopers revealed on Friday morning. According to the report from AST on the trooper dispatch, the Coast Guard informed the Kodiak-based troopers of an on-going search for survivors of an overturned 22′ Hewescraft at […]