ANCHORAGE, Alaska– The Bureau of Land Management today announced a public land order extension in the Federal Register for the Sitka Magnetic Observatory site in Sitka, Alaska, for an additional 20 years. This extension protects the 117 acres of public lands used by the United States Geological Survey Geomagnetism Program for magnetic and seismological data collection since 1939. […]
Three pairs of scientists began walking purposefully on one end of a curving Kruzof Island beach on a cloudy, cool and damp Monday, then stopped to take measurements. The three teams, spaced equally apart up the roughly 500 feet from the incoming tide to the grassy skirt in front of the thick forest, repeated […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of two victims of the capsized 30-foot charter vessel near Low Island in Sitka Sound that rolled over on Sunday were recovered Wednesday evening. The remains have been tentatively identified as Danielle Agcaoili of Waipahu, Hawaii, and Brandi Tyau of Canoga Park, California. The remains were sent to […]
UPDATE: The Coast Guard suspended its search at sunset Monday for four missing individuals in the water near Sitka. The search for the four unaccounted for individuals was suspended at approximately 9:30 p.m. Monday. Crews searched a total of approximately 825 square miles over the course of more than 20 hours utilizing both air and vessel search crews. ORIGINAL: […]