Remains of Hiker Missing Since November Found on Ketchikan’s Deer Mountain

Remains of Hiker Missing Since November Found on Ketchikan’s Deer Mountain

On Sunday, the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad notified Alaska State troopers in Ketchikan that while conducting training exercises on Deer Mountain, they discovered the remains of 22-year-old Justin Nathan, a hiker who had gone missing and was last seen on November 11, 2015 as he was descending the mountain. Nathan had been hiking with a […]

Search for Disoriented Hiker Ends Successfully

Search for Disoriented Hiker Ends Successfully

Troopers received a call reporting a hiker who was lost around Wishbone Lake near Sutton on Tuesday night. A caregiver called in to troopers at 11:09 pm on Tuesday night reporting that 48-year-old Sutton resident, Gerhard Jakits, had gone on a walk at 3 pm and had not returned. The caller reported that Jakits had […]