Alaska State Troopers report that two Kasilof men drowned on the Kasilof River while out on the river canoeing on Sunday. Troopers responded to a location on the river after receiving a call of two bodies located there. The two victims, identified as Harold Andrew Crossett, age 57, and Reubben Arthur Kimball Sr, age […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Good Samaritans, LifeMed, and Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons worked together to rescue a pilot and passenger of a Super Cub aircraft July 20. According to Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Andrew Williams, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center deputy director, the mission was opened […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Tuesday morning that the partially submerged body retrieved from the Susitna River on last Tuesday was that of a Kentucky man, who had disappeared while fly-fishing in the Willow Creek area in late June. William “Bill” Hartlage, age 76, of Louisville, Kentucky was reported missing by a family member […]
Climate Crisis Sends Stream Temperatures Off the Charts HOMER, AK— As Alaskans suffer through the smoke, haze and danger of a record-breaking heat wave, Alaska’s salmon are suffering too. On July 7th, stream temperatures topped 81.7 oF (27.6 oC) in the Deshka River, a major salmon stream on the west side of Cook Inlet […]