JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment’s Army Aviation Operations Facility in Nome helped rescue an individual in Coffin Camp May 16, 2020. At approximately 5 a.m., the AAOF in Nome was contacted by the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center on JBER for support in picking up […]
A series of fortunate events recently led to a happy ending for a harbor seal. It had gotten its canine teeth stuck in the steel grated walkway at the hatchery in Valdez. NOAA Fisheries received a call the morning of May 7 about an entangled seal at the Solomon Gulch Hatchery on Dayville Road. […]
Troopers say the search and investigation into a 22-year-old Salcha man who disappeared into the Tanana River while attempting to rescue his dog shortly after noon on Sunday is continuing. Fairbanks-based AST were notified by witnesses at 12:07 pm that Alfaz Sajd Khan of Salcha, was fishing on the Tanana River when his dog […]
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Juneau picked up the kayakers from the northern tip of Couverden Island at approximately 10 p.m., then brought them to where they were parked near Statter Harbor in Auke bay. There were no injuries reported. Watchstanders in the Sector Juneau command center received the initial […]