The search for a French National, that began on Friday when a damaged kayak and backpacks were found washed ashore five miles north of Swishak Lagoon near Cape Douglas in Shelikof Straits, was suspended after two days of searching by the U.S. Coast Guard helicopters in the air and by water searches by Katmai Park Rangers […]
After receiving a report of an overturned skiff in the Ugashik River near Pilot Point with four people in the water at 8:55 am on Sunday morning, the United States Coast Guard , Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Trooper’s Helo-3 responded to the scene. The preliminary investigation at the scene found that the four men […]
It was at about 12:30pm on Saturday that two men, James Demmert and Paul Washington departed Hydaburg to do some subsistence fishing near Lime Point. When they did not return that day after their planned trip, troopers were contacted and advised of the overdue boaters. The troopers on Prince of Wales Island were notified at about […]
Although the missing persons case will remain open until she is found, the active search for 48-year-old Sharon Buis has been called off after searchers and investigators could find no new leads as to the whereabouts of the missing hiker. Search teams that included the SEADOGS, Juneau Mountain Rescue, the United States Coast Guard and […]