A search and rescue operation looking for an overdue snow machiner traveling from Manokotak to Dillingham ended successfully early on Saturday morning, troopers reported in the trooper dispatch. Troopers were notified on Friday evening that a traveler on a snowmachine, who was new to the area, had left on his machine to travel to Dillingham at […]
Two Hoonah hunters were rescued from their swamped Boston Whaler in Icy Straits after they broke down on Saturday, Wildlife Troopers report. According to the report, the two men had gone out hunting in the Icy Straits area in their 22-foot vessel when their outboard broke down. The seas and wind came up with the rising […]
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nancy Emery, of the USCG-Juneau, credited people at the Taku Fisheries pier with assisting the Coast Guard with the rescue of a woman in the water on Tuesday evening. A 911 relay call went to the Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Juneau at 8:40 pm on Tuesday evening reporting that there was […]
An Iranian oil tanker that caught fire after it collided with a Chinese cargo ship Saturday off China’s east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media (CCTV) reported Monday, citing officials and experts on the rescue team. The tanker’s crew of 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis has been missing since the […]