The girlfriend of a hiker who was overdue from a hiking trip on the Granite Tors Trail called into Alaska State Troopers at 7:22 AM on Tuesday morning to report his overdue status. 25-year-old Fairbanks resident Eric Tidwell had been hiking in the Chena State Recreation Area, when he contacted his girlfriend on the evening […]
Alaska State Troopers say that “alcohol was reportedly a factor” in an early-morning search in the Sitka area that involved Alaska Wildlife Troopers, the Sitka Emergency Response Team and the United States Coast Guard. Family members called into Alaska State troopers and reported a missing person at 3:38 AM on Tuesday. It was reported that 59-year-old […]
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. […]
While on patrol on the Steese Highway on New Years Day, a Fairbanks-based Alaska Wildlife Trooper got weathered in at Eagle Summit, the highest point of the highway. While at that location, the trooper was contacted by two men on a snow-machine, one of them with a serious leg injury. The trooper performed initial basic […]