(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Friday Governor Mike Dunleavy met with residents and community leaders in Wrangell following Monday night’s fatal landslide. Earlier Friday the Department of Public Safety identified three Alaskans who remained missing: 65-year-old Otto Florschutz, 12-year-old Derek Heller, and 11-year-old Kara Heller. Three Alaskans located deceased during the search were identified as 44-year-old […]
The Alaska Department of Public Safety released the names of the victims that perished in the horrific landslide that occurred on the Zimovia Highway south of Wrangell on Friday. The 450-foot landslide that swept down the mountainside on Monday directly into three homes below took the lives of: 16-year-old Mara Heller, who was found on […]
In an update on Thursday, the Department of Public Safety says that the search for the missing adult and two juveniles has changed and will be a reactive search rather than an active one after the constant searching for the past days has bore no results. The search throughout the slide area adjacent to mile […]
Alaska State Troopers announced on Tuesday evening that the confirmed fatalities of the Wasilla slide at mile 11 of the Zimovia Highway had risen to three. According to the trooper dispatch, a drone operator located the remains of two in the slide area on Tuesday afternoon and efforts were made to recover the remains and […]