At 10 am on Thursday, Alaska State Troopers in Haines were notified of an avalanche incident. According to the caller, 29-year-old Bode Merrill of Utah “was snowboarding with a local guiding company.” According to the report, “Merrill stepped out of the helicopter and onto a cornice. The cornice broke before Merrill could grab his gear. […]
Troopers report that an Anchorage man who was the subject of a Silver Alert issued on Sunday has been “located and is safe,” after he was spotted by a trooper in Haines. Palmer troopers had received a report of a missing man, identified as 76-year-old Henry Hodge of Anchorage at 11:51 pm on Sunday night. […]
A Haines man was reported trapped in an avalanche on Tuesday in the Kicking Horse Drainage, but was rescued from the avalanches icy grip shortly after troopers report in the trooper dispatch. Alaska State Troopers were notified of a possibly fatal avalanche accident on Tuesday at 11:35 am. The initial report coming in to the […]
Alaska State Troopers reported the closure of a Haines case involving the illegal killing of three Brown Bears with the conclusion of sentencing in the case on Friday. 23-year-old Dalton Huston of Haines was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 90 suspended, which he must serve immediately. Huston was also fined a total of […]