The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a location 20 miles outside of Dillingham on the Nushagak River after the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance following a call from a hunter at 8am on Friday. AST received a call via a satellite Communications device from a hunter on the river reporting that his partner, John Alex […]
Troopers reported this weekend that the search for two Koliganek travelers, missing since Friday, were located in good condition on Saturday just after 12 noon. The Department of Public Safety in Dillingham was notified at 7:03 pm on Friday evening by the village of Koliganek, that two 17-tear-old teens, who were attempting to travel from […]
The Alaska Department of Conservation reported on Wednesday night that a tug, the Devon, operating on the Nushagak River in Western Alaska had struck an underwater obstacle, possibly a rock and had leaked some 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the river there. Although the ruptured tank carried 7,400 gallons of fuel, the crew was […]