According to the trooper dispatch, at 10:46 am on Saturday, Alaska Wildlife Troopers received a report of an injured snowmachiner in Hatcher Pass near mile 15 of the Palmer-Fishhook Road. AWT says the initial report indicated the snowmachiner, identified as 40-year-old Kevin Unks was with a party that had traversed two avalanche-laden areas before Unks […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel. Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, said officials of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital requested assistance when a pregnant […]
DENALI PARK, Alaska – The management of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is not adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobile for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska Range. All park lands that were open for snowmobile use […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Tuesday that the Bethel Search and Rescue (BSAR) contacted them and notified that the remains of missing Nunapitchuk woman, 22-year-old Elizanna Anvil, were found off the trail about four miles from an overturned snow machine. At 1:02 am on Friday Bethel-based troopers were alerted to an overdue traveler going […]