A 29-foot foot Response Boat-Small crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Ketchikan assisted a distressed deer swimming in Clarence Strait Oct. 17. While conducting a patrol in the area, the crew spotted the animal and reduced their speed. The deer swam to the boat and was pulled aboard before being taken to Knudson […]
Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan say they received a report at 12:33 pm of an intoxicated boater who had crashed into the Refuge Cove Marina multiple times at mile 8 of the North Tongass Highway and so responded to the scene. When they arrived, they observed 53-year-old Frederick Sheen attempting to drive his 28 […]
M/V Lituya sailings to begin May 28 (KETCHIKAN, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has scheduled the M/V Lituya to provide temporary service between Ketchikan and Hollis on Prince of Wales (POW) Island. On May 22, the Inter-Island Ferry Authority’s (IFA) M/V Prince of Wales suffered a catastrophic propulsion system failure. This failure […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a domestic disturbance at 8:43 pm on Thursday night on Forest Park Drive after getting a call from that location, troopers said. When they arrived at the scene, their investigation found that 31-year-old Michael Guthrie had assaulted a family member, then prevented that individual from calling in the DV […]