[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ODIAK- A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew located an overdue, 21-year-old female hiker on Inian Island, Tuesday. The Jayhawk aircrew safely located the woman at approximately 11:43 p.m. and transported her to Sitka for further care. She was reported to be mildly hypothermic and disoriented, but otherwise in good condition. Sector Juneau […]
The Coast Guard medevacs a hiker after he was mauled by a bear on Afognak Island, just north of Kodiak Island. Image USCG-Air Station Kodiak A 31-year-old hiker was medevaced by the US Coast Guard from Afognak Island north of Kodiak on Friday after he was mauled by a bear in that remote area, the […]
On Wednesday night, Alaska State Troopers were notified that a juvenile in the village of Nunapichuk had left the community on foot at approximately noon that day. The report stated that his whereabouts or his destination was unknown. Search and rescue teams from that village, and the nearby villages of Kasigluk and Atmautluak began searching […]
A Coast Guard helicopter crew, with two Juneau Mountain Rescue members, plucked a lost hiker from Mount Roberts late Thursday evening after he called in reporting his situation, the trooper dispatch reported. 30 year-old Bandar Alneami was hiking atop Mount Rogers and he was attempting to hike down from the mountain when he got lost […]