Fairbanks firefighters have announced that the man sought after turning over in a raft with three others, has been found in the Chena River. The victim has been identified as 44-year-old Willie Chambers of Fairbanks. Chamber’s remains were located approximately 75-feet from the Peger Road Bridge on Tuesday night. The three other occupants of the […]
Searchers in Fairbanks continue to search for a man who was last seen slipping beneath the surface of the Chena River near the Peger Road Bridge on Tuesday afternoon. The man, who authorities have yet to identify, was one of four people who went into the water after their raft overturned on the river at about […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued three mariners after a fire started on board their 82-foot vessel north of Kodiak Island Tuesday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the mariners from their life raft in Stevenson Entrance, approximately 60 miles north of Kodiak, and transported them safely to Kodiak. […]
United States Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the Alaska State troopers on Tuesday evening. Troopers had contacted the Coast Guard is reporting that there was a man in distress in a deflating raft in Cook Inlet near Anchorage. According to Alaska State troopers, they had received a 911 call from a 44-year-old Anchorage […]