Searchers downstream from Tuluksak continue to search for one snowmachiner on the Kuskokwim River after an incident there on Friday evening. Troopers were notified of the incident by Bethel Search and Rescue on Saturday morning of the search for two snowmachiners that were observed driving into a hole in the ice on the river at […]
Despite decreased commercial air carrier services, Troopers will still get to calls for help across Alaska To most people throughout the United States, traditional law enforcement response usually involves an officer responding to a call for service in a police car. You know- a marked patrol car with the city or state name proudly […]
Alaska State and Wildlife Troopers, the Rescue Coordination Center, MAT SAR and volunteers are out conducting an intensive search for an Anchorage couple who were tentatively last seen on Big Lake on Sunday morning and have not been seen since that time. The family of Vanton and Laverne Pettigen, ages 66 and 64 respectively, called in […]
Snow falling silently on Alaska’s mountains will in a few months transform into a medium for migrating salmon, and so much more. “That snowflake that falls on the mountain now is water that flows in streams and rivers late in summer,” said Gabe Wolken, a glaciologist who works both for the state and the University […]