Survivors of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor will commemorate the anniversary at home this year, with gatherings banned and most large events canceled in the United States amid surging numbers of coronavirus cases. In past years, thousands of people – survivors, current members of the military, tourists, and locals – have attended ceremonies on the naval base in Hawaii honoring those killed in […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard crews are searching for five people in the water Wednesday after their boat sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska. Scandies Rose, a 130-foot crab fishing vessel homeported in Dutch Harbor, sank at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday with seven crew members aboard. Two survivors were rescued, five crew members are still missing. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard and Alaska State Trooper boat crews, as well as the crew of a good Samaritan vessel, rescued five fishermen after their vessel sunk near Black Island, Sunday. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan returned four of the five fisherman to Ketchikan, while the master of the vessel […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the bodies of the two remaining Bethel ATV riders were recovered on Monday and transported to Bethel. Troopers revealed the identities of the two deceased as 47-year-old Nelson C. Jackson and 59-year-old Ernest N Demantle, both of Akiak. Troopers identified the three survivors as Reuben D Charles and Lawrence […]