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 […]
On Monday, Alaska State Troopers’ Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan while at the ferry terminal, contacted a California man identified as 24-year-old Peter Joey Riveranieves as he was preparing to board the ferry to Prince of Wales. Troopers seized a duffle bag belonging to Riveranieves. Riveranieves was allowed to leave the scene. A search warrant was obtained and […]