(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. […]
Two Aniak travelers were located, alive, but with one injured, after being reported missing after not arriving in Kalskag on Wednesday night. A call went in to troopers in Aniak on Thursday morning reporting that two members of the community had not been seen since Wednesday after leaving on a round trip from Aniak to […]
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 […]