The girlfriend of a hiker who was overdue from a hiking trip on the Granite Tors Trail called into Alaska State Troopers at 7:22 AM on Tuesday morning to report his overdue status. 25-year-old Fairbanks resident Eric Tidwell had been hiking in the Chena State Recreation Area, when he contacted his girlfriend on the evening […]
The body of a Unalakleet man missing since the early morning hours of Sunday, was located by a search party outside of that community late Monday morning, it was reported by troopers on Monday. The initial report that 36-year-old Unalakleet resident Harold Soxie was missing came in to the troopers at 10:28 pm on Sunday. That […]
An Anchorage hiker, 29-year-old John Carlos Mann, took off on a hiking trip on the Crow Pass Trail on Friday but didn’t arrive at his intended location at Girdwood on Saturday as planned. When Mann didn’t arrive at Girdwood at noon as planned on Saturday, his friends became concerned about his whereabouts. At 6:28 pm, Mann […]
A long-time Cordova woman was mauled by a Brown Bear while hiking on the Heney Ridge Trail in an active salmon spawning area on Tuesday according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers. According to the report, 57-year-old Thea Thomas was at a stream at the trail when her dog and her friend’s dog took off from her immediate area. […]