Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Fairbanks man, 43-year-old Nathan Charlie, were located and retrieved from the Gravel Pit Lake in the Chena Point Avenue area after he drowned on July 4th while swimming with family and friends. According to troopers, they were notified at 8:15 pm on July 4th that Charlie had […]
Alaska State Troopers report that after several days of searching for a 21-year-old man using side-scan sonar, sector sonar, dive teams, and volunteer searchers, they are suspending active recovery efforts at Big lake. It was on the 4th of July that 21-year-old Myles Williams fell off the back of a boat in Big Lake and […]
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 […]