Ketchikan – Personnel from the Coast Guard and partner agencies conducted a full-scale active shooter exercise at the Ketchikan Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) Terminal on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Organized by the Southeast Alaska Area Maritime Security Committee and the Coast Guard, this important full-scale exercise simulated a response to an active shooter attack against the […]
On Sunday the Juneau Police Department released information on a massive drug bust that netted over 20 pounds of methamphetamine from a stateroom on the ferry MV Columbia when it docked in Ketchikan on Friday and more busts that netted additional drugs on Friday in Juneau. On Wednesday, the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) […]
Ketchikan-based troopers were called out on a domestic violence call at 9:18 pm along the South Tongass Highway on Monday night. They investigated at the scene and that investigation revealed that 51-year-old Jayson Thayne of Idaho assaulted a female at the residence. As a result, Thayne was taken into custody, charged with Assault IV-DV and […]
Troopers responded to a vessel on the north side of Pennock Island in response to a welfare check on Sunday morning. With the assistance of the United States Coast Guard who helped with transportation, troopers, upon arrival, discovered the remains of Guy “Bryan” Bottelson, age 55, of Ketchikan on the vessel. Bottelson lived aboard the […]