A couple from Eielson Air Force Base were rescued by Fairbanks troopers after their snow machine broke down on their way to Tolovana Hot Springs early Thursday morning. According to Alaska State Troopers, Daniel and Shelmarie Schinsky left Eielson on a snow machine on Wednesday to travel to the Tolovana Hot Springs. But, the couple […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew assisted three recreational mariners aboard the disabled 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea in Blackstone Bay near Whittier, Alaska, Sunday. The rescue boatcrew rendezvoused with the Herrisea and safely towed the vessel to Whittier. Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notice from […]
The dispatch of two hasty teams by Alaska State Troopers and the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue Volunteers back to back on Tuesday and Wednesday prompted AST to make two suggestions for safe traveling in the region. After receiving a report of an overdue traveler going from Kotzebue to Buckland on Tuesday morning at […]
Italian authorities say at least 29 African migrants have died of hypothermia while crossing the Mediterranean in freezing weather and rough seas. The Italian coast guard says it found seven people dead when it answered a distress call from the migrants’ boat off Libya late Sunday. It says 22 others died on a vessel that […]