JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment rescued a distressed hiker near Inner Lake George Thursday. A four-member crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter were preparing for a routine training flight when the Army Guard’s flight operations center notified them about the mission at approximately […]
(Soldotna) — Responding to a report of an animal den with living occupants found in the smoldering debris of the Funny River Horse Trail Wildfire on Tuesday, May 27, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Jeff Selinger didn’t know what to expect. Firefighters who happened upon the scene had detected movement within, but […]
The search for missing Juneau hiker 48-year-old Sharon Buis, who was reported missing late Saturday night at the trailhead of the Mount Roberts trail continues into its third day today, still with no clue as to her whereabouts. Buis was reported missing at 10:14 PM on Saturday after she failed to meet a companion that […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa rescued two men from a vessel taking on water approximately one mile southwest of Petersburg, Alaska, Tuesday. A smallboat crew from the Anacapa took the 24-foot pleasure craft Deborah K under tow and safely transported its passengers to the port in Petersburg. Coast Guard command […]