(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 […]
A 71-year-old Scammon Bay man was reported overdue on Tuesday after he had gone out from the village to check his Black Fish traps. The community’s VPSO reported the missing fisherman to the troopers at 9:15 pm that evening. It was reported that Daniel Tunutmoak Sr had set out on his snow machine to set […]
Alaska State Troopers in Talkeetna were alerted of two missing ATV riders at 4 pm on Sunday afternoon. The call went in to report that two men, 64-year-old James “Bill” Livesay II, and 33-year-old James “Jay” Livesay III, both of Anchorage, were overdue from a day outing while out riding ATVs to a cabin in […]