A Russian Mission man died from weather exposure after falling through the river ice south of Russian Mission during the holidays it was reported by the trooper dispatch on Sunday. At 11 am on Christmas Day, troopers received a report of three overdue snow-machiners traveling from Kwethluk to Russian Mission. While one of the snow-machines […]
An 81-year-old man, reported missing, on Thursday of last week was located later at the bottom of a 150-foot hill troopers reported on Tuesday. According to Tuesday’s trooper dispatch, on Thursday, troopers were notified that 81-year-old Richard Hunt of Ninilchik went missing by friends who had gone to check on his well being. The friends […]
Two hypothermic kayakers were fished from the waters of of Portage Lake after their kayaks overturned there on Sunday, the trooper dispatch reports. It was at 1:08 pm that 25-year-old Stephanie Hawkins with Portage Valley Tours, contacted troopers and reported that two kayaks had overturned in the lake and two persons were floating motionless in […]
Italian authorities say at least 29 African migrants have died of hypothermia while crossing the Mediterranean in freezing weather and rough seas. The Italian coast guard says it found seven people dead when it answered a distress call from the migrants’ boat off Libya late Sunday. It says 22 others died on a vessel that […]