Two Hoonah hunters were rescued from their swamped Boston Whaler in Icy Straits after they broke down on Saturday, Wildlife Troopers report. According to the report, the two men had gone out hunting in the Icy Straits area in their 22-foot vessel when their outboard broke down. The seas and wind came up with the rising […]
What: Yes for Salmon, ballot sponsors, volunteers, community leaders, and supporters and will gather at the Division of Elections to deliver Yes for Salmon Ballot Initiative petition booklets signed by an estimated 40,000 Alaskans. Why: Yes for Salmon, the group behind a ballot initiative that would update the state’s law governing development in salmon habitat, […]
Coast Guard Air Station-Kodiak launched an HC-130 Hercules and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to Wales on Sunday in response to two boaters in distress and missing near the community. Coast Guard District 17 Watchstanders received information that at 2:30 am on Sunday, two boaters, 21-year-old Timothy Miligrock and 14-year-old Damian Soolook, were in distress and […]
Alaska State Troopers say that one of several vehicles that Anchorage Chrysler Dodge in Anchorage had allowed Iditarod Race volunteers to use for the event, was reported stolen on Monday. When reported stolen at 8:31 pm on Monday, it was related to troopers that the vehicle had been used by volunteers in the Willow area, and […]