After receiving a missing person report at 9:30 AM, Nome-based Alaska State troopers initiated a search for a Nome man who did not arrive at work as scheduled this morning. 36-year-old Joseph Balderas of Nome, is believed to have been out hiking and Mountain running on Sunday and did not return back to Nome as planned. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued six hunters from two 22-foot skiffs approximately four miles north of Singeak early Wednesday morning. An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted three boaters from one skiff cut off from open water by ice. The aircrew then picked up the other three hunters from land and transported […]
Once again, musher, Dallas Seavey, wearing bib number 16, with his team of six, crossed the finish line in Nome to claim first place in Alaska’s favorite dog-sled event , the Iditarod. The 29-year-old musher not only finished first , but smashed the record for fastest finish in eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 […]
Nome based-Alaska State Troopers report that they received a report on Tuesday, of a missing snow-machiner who was attempting to travel from Nome to Koyuk. According to troopers, 26-year-old Koyuk resident, Jeffery Kimoktoak, began his trek via snow-machine on Sunday. Kimoktoak initially set out alone, on his new Polaris Pro S, and made it as far […]