At 1:34 pm on Wednesday afternoon, the International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC) contacted Fairbanks-based troopers and informed them that they had received a spot beacon activation from the Finger Mountain area with a message reporting that a hiker “was injured and barely conscious,” AST reported. “Coldfoot AWT, Helo 2, members of the Fairbanks AST […]
At 5:30 pm on Wednesday evening, Fina Kiefer, missing hiker, and subject of a massive search effort, emerged from the woods near Knik River Road an hour after search efforts were suspended due to deteriorating weather conditions. A departing searcher was waved down by Kiefer as he was leaving the search area and EMS transported […]
The remains of a Tuntutuliak man were located in a wooded area outside of the village on Monday after he disappeared on Friday, troopers report. Troopers were notified on Sunday that 22-year-old David Bunyan had disappeared on Friday after he had been delivering groceries and had not returned to work. tribal police in the village, […]
Troopers report that after an extensive search by multiple agencies, spanning from May 17th to May 21st, the remains of a 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia, were located by SEADOGS. The Juneau Police Department requested assistance locating Juneau resident 78-year-old Geraldine Nelson who was last seen heading towards the Switzer Creek Trailhead on Monday. Geraldine, […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains found in the Chitina area on April 19th have been positively identified as those of an Anchorage man who was reported missing on February 2nd. Troopers responded to the scene of remains reported by a Chitina area resident on Monday morning and located the remains of 34-year-old Ian […]
The Coast Guard suspended the search for the missing helicopter pilot near Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday. Still missing is Andy Teuber from Anchorage, who was reportedly flying a black and white Robinson R66 helicopter. Coast Guard boats and aircrews dedicated over 13 hours of search time and covered approximately 888 square nautical miles. Involved in the […]
The United States Coast Guard began searching for an overdue helicopter en route to Kodiak from Anchorage northeast of Kodiak on Tuesday. The black and white Robinson R66 with the tail number N1767, piloted by 52-year-old Andy Teuber, CEO of the Kodiak Area Native Association, departed Merrill Field at 2:09 pm on Tuesday and disappeared […]
Alaska State Troopers, Ketchikan police, and the North Tongass Volunteer Fire department searched for over an hour for a motorist who reported that he had been involved in a serious accident on Thursday. The motorist, identified as Christopher Comstock, called in to report that he had been involved in an accident and was in extreme […]