The U.S. Coast Guard cite the use of personal locator beacon by one of two kayakers that lead to the successful conclusion of a USCG search and rescue mission in southeast Alaska on Saturday. Watchstanders at the 17th District Command Center picked up the signal from a personal locator beacon on Saturday. The signal sent […]
The body of a 72-year-old Homer man and long-time commercial fisherman, Ken Jones, was discovered floating in the waters of Cook Inlet near the Anchor Point Bluffs early Monday morning. Jones had gone out kayaking in Kachemak Bay on Sunday afternoon, as he had done many times before. Jones would often kayak through the Beluga Slough […]
Volunteer Search and Rescue hiked up the Gold Mint Trail into Hatcher Pass and located two stranded men during the early morning hours on Saturday after Helo-3 as well as a Park Ranger attempted and failed to reach the two men due to weather conditions. Troopers were notified of two men stranded in the pass […]
Residents of the U.S. East Coast are frantically preparing for a major snow storm expected to begin Friday afternoon and continue until early Sunday. Heavy snow is expected in at least 15 states, with perhaps historical blizzard conditions in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and New York City metro areas. Weather officials forecast between 30 and 90 […]