A report of an overdue/missing person went in to the Alaska State Troopers by the Akiachak Tribal Police at 3:23 am on Sunday morning as searchers in that village deployed to seek the victim’s whereabouts. 41-year-old Eric Phillip of Akiachak had gone out on a snow machine earlier on Saturday night and failed to […]
The search for an elderly Willow bicyclist ended successfully when a local resident located him and safely returned him home troopers report. Troopers were alerted that an elderly Willow man, 74-year-old Donald Brainard had gone missing while cycling along the Susitna River near the Deshka Landing in Willow at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. MATSAR, Alaska […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]OINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued one distressed individual Jan. 29 at the Yetna River Roadhouse. According to Alaska Air National Guard 1st Lt. Daniel Warren, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the mission was opened in response to a request for assistance from […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t the approach of a canoe, the wolverine tears into the woods, its claws spitting mud. Seconds later, ravens explode from what resembles two branches reaching from a driftwood log After the animals flee the Fortymile River gravel bar, the driftwood turns into chewed velvet antlers the size of a folding chair. A fleshy backbone […]