Plowing during winter storms in Turnagain Pass will be prioritized (Anchorage)—Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is announcing the closure of the Silver Tip Maintenance Station, located at the junction of the Seward and Hope highways. Operators from Silver Tip maintenance camp covered the Seward Highway through Turnagain Pass. The duties will now […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted three people stranded on a beach near Cape Resurrection, Friday. The Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward deployed to Cordova, transported all three people to waiting emergency medical service personnel at the Seward Airport. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a call at 11:47 a.m. over […]
Alaska State Troopers have tentatively identified the passengers aboard a Helio Courier, a short take-off and landing aircraft, that crashed near Little Johnstone Lake southeast of Seward on Friday afternoon. According to AST, the passengers deceased in the crash were identified as Hopkins, Michigan residents Michael John Timmer, age 42, and Traci Pauline Timmer, age […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two distressed hikers with the assistance of two Alaska Mountain Rescue Group members June 17 near Mount Marathon west of Seward. AMRG is a nonprofit volunteer search and rescue organization dedicated to providing search and rescue […]