ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Kodiak Police Department and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rescued a man from a vessel adrift near Anton Larsen Bay near Kodiak Sunday.The crew of the NOAA research vessel Rainer safely towed the man and his 20-foot fishing vessel to Anton Larsen Bay after it was determined the boat was […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, Army Corps of Engineers and Anchorage Fire Department rescued three people from a sinking vessel near Fire Island in Cook Inlet near Anchorage Saturday. The crew of Anchorage Fire Department Boat 1 pulled the three passengers of the 16-foot river boat from the water and took them […]
Troopers on the Parks Highway received a call from a hiker in distress on Sunday at Fox Creek along the Parks Highway and responded to the scene. When they arrived, they found 18-year-old Cherelle LaGroo stranded on a rock ledge on the side of the mountain there. Two troopers were able to scale the mountain […]
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 […]