A Ketchikan man was taken into custody on weapons and assault charges after an alcohol-fueled incident in that city on Tuesday night according to AST. Troopers responded to a report of an intoxicated man with a shotgun on the 500-block of D-2 Loop road at 8:10 pm on Tuesday night. When they arrived at the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Law enforcement authorities from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Alaska State Troopers and local police departments participated in a joint law enforcement operation to detect and deter illegal activity on Alaska Marine Highway System ferries, March 9-15. Canine teams from Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco (91105), MSST […]
The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad is once again on weather hold in the recovery of lost snowboarder, Marvin Scott, who was swallowed up in an avalanche at noon on Sunday. While KVRS was able to get into the avalanche area on Dude Mountain on Monday, the extreme continued avalanche risk in the debris area frustrated […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Monday that recovery efforts are being attempted to get the Ketchikan volunteer rescue squad on the scene of an avalanche with a presumed fatality that occurred around noon on Sunday. The unfortunate incident occurred on Dude Mountain outside Ketchikan as two men were out snowboarding the slope. The large avalanche […]