(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 […]
The Alaska State Troopers say that they received a report of a death of a Pelican man in southeast after he was reported overdue in Pelican. 83-year-old Robert Lesher was traveling from his cabin three miles out from the community of Pelican to the community when he failed to show up at the prescribed time. […]