(WILLOW) – Alaska’s unusually volatile and prolonged wildfire season this year has extended into hunting season, creating challenges for firefighting crews and hunters alike. Of particular concern are popular game management units along the highway system between Homer and Talkeetna where several wildfires are currently burning even as moose hunting seasons open. “With general-hunt […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard released the results of an investigation Tuesday, into the Jan. 31 crane accident in the Coast Guard buoy yard in Homer, which resulted in the death of Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski. The investigation found improper operation of the shoreside crane was the direct cause of the […]
An Anchor Point man is being held without bail in the Homer Jail after a serious incident in the Nikolaevsk area on Wednesday night, troopers report. Anchor Point-based troopers responded to a disturbance at a Nikolaevsk residence at 9 pm on Wednesday night and opened an investigation into the incident and found that Zachariah Tangman, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard member assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory (WLB-212) died following an accident at the Coast Guard buoy yard in Homer, Alaska, Thursday. Deceased is Chief Warrant Officer, Michael Kozloski, age 35, from Mahopac, New York. Kozloski was injured while working in the buoy yard when a crane accident […]