ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon rescued four mariners after the Soulmate, their 48-foot commercial fishing vessel, became disabled and adrift approximately 57 miles west of Kodiak Island, south of Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Sunday. The Naushon crew towed the mariners to Lazy Bay cannery, Alitak Bay, Alaska. Coast Guard Sector […]
Helo-3 was dispatched on Sunday to rescue a Soldotna hiker from difficult conditions on the Devil’s Creek trail after that hiker called his father requesting assistance, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. A call went in to the troopers at 8:58 am on Sunday from a Soldotna man reporting that his son, 31-year-old Andrew Jefferson, […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a response to a disturbance call at a residence on Knik Goose Bay in Wasilla turned into a failed rescue attempt on Wednesday afternoon. Troopers were notified at 2:18 PM on Wednesday by a Wasilla complainant that she was evicting a tenant, identified as 38-year-old Jeremiah Hoover of Wasilla and that he was causing a disturbance. […]
Alaska State Troopers received an SOS notification from a Garmin InReach Device requesting emergency assistance for 2 hunters and their guide to the Alaska Range southeast of Nikolai on Tuesday morning citing extreme weather. According to the report, the trio had been weathered in above the tree line for three days in inclement weather, with winds in excess […]