Alaska State Troopers in Southeast Alaska say they are investigating a suspicious death of a teen who was found not breathing at her home in Kake on Tuesday night. The teen, identified as 19-year-old Jade Williams, was transported to the SEARHC clinic by Kake EMS after she was discovered, but, unfortunately, was declared deceased after […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick and Kake Search and Rescue assisted the crew of the 36-foot vessel Viking Queen after it became stranded in Elena Bay, 50 miles southwest of Kake, Sunday. A small boat crew from the John McCormick towed the Viking Queen into deeper water before transferring the […]
The remains of a Kake boater was located by a good Samaritan mariner approximately one mile off of Point Macartney following a search in connection with an incident reported on Sunday. Troopers were notified of the grounding of a Kake boat that had ran aground in Herring Bay at 1:10 pm on Sunday, and that […]
Kake, Alaska – a Tlingit village of 620 residents with a fishing, logging, and subsistence lifestyle, has become part of the most progressive and protective health revolution in the state. In April 2016, the Organized Village of Kake (OVK) adopted a tobacco-free tribal resolution, which includes electronic cigarettes. Addressing tobacco use among Alaska Native people […]