JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a 60-year old man Sunday after his Piper J-3 crashed, 40 miles east of Ft. Yukon Thursday. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the pilot had not filed a flight plan, nor did they receive […]
NOME—Due to a donation from Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC), search and rescue teams in the Norton Sound region will have a powerful new tool when trying to find lost or overdue parties when time is of the essence. To assist with Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, NSEDC donated sixteen FL/R BHS Bi-Ocular handheld […]
SEWARD, Alaska — The name “Healy” carries a lot of history in Alaska and the Arctic. It was Capt. Michael “Roaring Mike” Healy who spent 20 years as judge, doctor and policeman to Alaskan natives as a member of the U.S. Revenue Cutter service in the 19th century and traveled with renowned naturalist John Muir […]
At midnight on Saturday morning, a report went in to the Alaska State Troopers from Sitka Mountain Rescue advising them of two lost hunters on the backside of Harbor Mountain in the Starrigavan Bowl area. According to the report, 20-year-old Taylor LeCrone and 21-year-old Zachary Alderman had hiked into the area to go deer hunting […]