The search for a missing Platinum man that began on the last day of February has now been suspended by AST, with one more aerial search weather permitting the trooper dispatch reports. It was at 1 pm on Saturday that 74-year-old Platinum man, Henry Williams was reported missing after he failed to show up at Platinum […]
On Saturday, Alaska State Troopers cautioned the public to not pick up hitch-hikers in the area of mile 52 of the Seward Highway after four aborted attempts to apprehend a suspect that they initially contacted at the Centennial Lake area in Kasilof on Saturday. Wildlife Troopers report that they contacted a man, they later would identify […]
According to the trooper dispatch, troopers were notified of an SOS emanating from the Red Salmon Lake area on Monday at approximately 1:35 pm. In response to the SPOT signal, Helo 3 was dispatched to the area, but, before reaching the signal area, inclement weather caused Helo 3 to return to base without reaching their […]
The dispatch of two hasty teams by Alaska State Troopers and the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue Volunteers back to back on Tuesday and Wednesday prompted AST to make two suggestions for safe traveling in the region. After receiving a report of an overdue traveler going from Kotzebue to Buckland on Tuesday morning at […]