Troopers report that with improved weather, they were finally able to respond to the community of Unalakleet to assist in the search of an elderly woman there that has been missing since Wednesday. At 5:50 pm on Wednesday, troopers were informed that over 30 search and rescue volunteers had been scouring the Norton Sound village […]
A Search and Rescue for two overdue snow-machiners from Noorvik ended sadly on Friday, the trooper dispatch reported. At 12:07 pm on Friday, Alaska State Troopers were notified by the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue Coordinator, Lena Ferguson, that two men, identified as 34-year-old Richard Patterson and 44-year-old Fred Melton were overdue from a […]
(PALMER, Alaska) – Various search and rescue volunteer organizations in Alaska are participating in a large scale training event May 29-31, 2015. Approximately 150 SAR volunteers will gather at the Palmer Fairgrounds to practice their interoperability and hone their skills. The three-day Alaska Wilderness Interagency Search Exercise is sanctioned by the Department of Public Safety. […]
Three people traveling from Bethel to Akiak remain missing after the discovery of a four wheeler in an open lead on the Kuskokwim River on Saturday. Troopers were notified of overdue travelers, two men and a woman, who did not arrive at Akiak as scheduled after leaving Kwethluk on Thursday. Troopers received the report on […]