Shepard Point, Alaska – When the Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, more than 11 million gallons of heavy crude oil spilled into the sound. The spill spread over a vast area, impacting around 1,300 miles of coastline. Response efforts did not arrive onsite until 14 hours after the […]
K9 Lenox puts education to work, nets big drug bust within days of graduation (ANCHORAGE) — Six new K9 teams, each including a dog and handler, graduated earlier this month from the Alaska State Troopers K9 Detector Academy. Only days later, one of those teams led law enforcement to the seizure of a large quantity […]
Four people were plucked from a sinking vessel early Monday morning after that vessel ran aground damaging its hull. An Alaska Wildlife Trooper vessel and a Sitka Mountain Rescue vessel with divers responded to the scene of the sinking 80-foot F/V Eyak after a call went in to the Coast Guard early Monday morning. When […]
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a free lecture on Tuesday, November 18 on the harbor seals and other rich resources of Yakutat Bay that have sustained the Eyak, Ahtna and Tlingit people throughout history. Dr. Aron Crowell from the Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center and UAA’s Judy Ramos of Yakutat will talk about collaborative efforts […]