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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Overdue Hunter near Newtok

By Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | USCG on Mar 30, 2017 Featured, General News, Rural

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended the search for an overdue 59-year-old seal hunter near Newtok Tuesday night. Multiple aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and the Civil Air Patrol searched with Alaska State Trooper ground crews for more than 41 hours along the shoreline of Nunivak Island to northwest of Hazen Bay. […]

Newtok Seal Hunter Reported Overdue, Search Taken Up

By Alaska Native News on Mar 29, 2017 Featured, General News, Rural, Southwest Alaska

Newtok and Tununak volunteers,the U.S. Coast Guard, the Civil Air Patrol and Alaska State Troopers continue to search for a missing 59-year-old seal hunter who was reported missing Monday morning, the Coast Guard and troopers report. 59-year-old Tom John was reported overdue at 11:45 pm Monday morning after he set out on a seal hunting […]