Alaska State Troopers are urging hikers and explorers that venture out into the backcountry to be adequately prepared with survival gear, food and water, and to be aware of the weather conditions before setting out after a search and rescue incident on Monday. Troopers received a call reporting that the caller’s son was lost in […]
JUNEAU — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew responded to 11 people in the water from an overturned canoe in the vicinity of Glacier Point, nine miles south of Haines, Monday. Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a report of an unconscious person in the water near Glacier Point and diverted […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assisted the National Park Service with rescuing a plane crash survivor from Crillon Lake shore, in Glacier Bay National Park, Wednesday. The survivor swam to a Crillon Lake shore after the crash occurred, where he was rescued by a Jayhawk aircrew. The […]
A Wednesday evening plane crash in the area of Long Lake Road and Barrington Loop along the Parks Highway took the life of one and injured two others, it was reported by Alaska State Troopers. The crash that took place at 7 pm on Wednesday evening also sparked a wildfire at the scene. State troopers […]