JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured snowmachine rider Jan. 15 about 20 miles northeast of Valdez. The snowmachiner activated an SOS signal on his two-way satellite communication device prompting the Alaska State Troopers to request assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER. The RCC […]
Alaska State Troopers report that on Wednesday evening, after air and ground searches, the 25-year-old missing Chevak man missing since New Years was found very wet and tired but alive. The male, whose named has not been revealed, left Chevak on New Years afternoon bound for Scammon Bay on a blue and white snowmachine. He […]
After a final air search in the Togiak/Akiak area comprised of searchers from US Fish and Wildlife, Army National Guard, and AWT pilots on Thursday, the search for 69-year-old snow machine Albert Kvamme was suspended troopers report. Kvamme, of Togiak departed Akiak destined for Togiak on April 11th, and searchers believe he never got […]
The Unalaska Fire Department is advising everyone in the backcountry on the island to use extreme caution after a fatal avalanche that took the life of a 21-year-old snowmachiner on Tuesday afternoon. The Unalaska Public safety Dispatch in Unalaska received a call for assistance at approximately 5:30 pm reporting that the man was buried […]