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State Troopers Believe Overdue Snowmachiner Succumbed To Hypothermia
An overdue snowmachiner who was traveling to Fairbanks from Shungnak, by way of Huslia, has been found dead near Selawik Hot Springs. Twenty-seven-year-old Travis Loughridge left Shungnak on Saturday...
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Rescued Brevig Mission Snowmachiners Suffered from Frostbite
On Thursday, search and rescue crews found and recovered two missing snowmachiners from Brevig Mission who had been waylaid while traveling to Nome. The two men, Thomas Olanna and Brandon Tocktoo, were...
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Coast Guard Ends Search and Rescue Efforts for “Overdue” Newtok Hunter
Search efforts by the Coast Guard for a missing hunter near Newtok have been called off after two days of searching. After 59-year-old Tom John of Newtok left to hunt seals on Sunday, Alaska State...
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19-Year-Old Found Safe after Search and Rescue Near Bethel
A 19-year-old was found after a search and rescue mission near Kipnuk over the weekend. Clinton Paul had left the community of Tuntutuliak on Saturday, April 8th, at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon...
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National Guard Assists in Rescue of Snowmachiner Outside Bethel
Over the weekend, a stranded snowmachiner south of Bethel was rescued by the U.S. Army National Guard and Alaska State Troopers. Saturday night, just before 11pm, Troopers in Bethel received a report...
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Two Wales Men Lost At Sea in a Rowboat
Alaska State Troopers have identified two missing boaters from Wales as Timothy Miligrock and Damian Soolook. According to Troopers, the first report of the two overdue boaters was received on Sunday...
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Two Boaters Found Dead South of Unalakleet After Joint Search and Rescue Efforts
What started as search and rescue efforts yesterday turned into a death investigation in Unalakleet. Sunday evening, around 8pm, Alaska State Troopers in Nome were notified that two boaters, Peter...
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Two Rescue Missions In One Day for Coast Guard Crews Out of Kotzebue Location
The Coast Guard crews deployed in Kotzebue, located and rescued six people earlier this week. On Monday, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helped rescue four people who were stranded on a disabled vessel...
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Coast Guard Wraps Up Seasonal Operations Out of Kotzebue
http://knom.org/wp-audio/2017/08/2017-10-30-ArcticShieldPKG.mp3 October 31 marks the end of the Coast Guard’s annual operation Arctic Shield, which focuses on search and rescue and community outreach...
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Troopers Locate Body of Missing Kotzebue Man
A Kotzebue man went missing last Friday, and after several days of searching, his body has now been found. Late on December 1st, Alaska State Troopers received a report that 32-year-old Jared Walker...
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Missing Kotzebue Man Successfully Rescued
A Kotzebue man was successfully located Sunday after a search-and-rescue effort was launched. According to Alaska State Troopers (AST), early Sunday afternoon, 33-year-old Floyd Reed was reported...
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In Three Days, Three Rescues for Missing Snowmachiners
More than a few Western Alaskans had to be rescued last week after they were stranded throughout the Seward Peninsula with snowmachines. All three search and rescue attempts were successful and no...
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Northwest Arctic Borough to Purchase More Spot Trackers for Public Use
The Northwest Arctic Borough is looking to expand its spot tracker arsenal this year. The devices can be checked out for free at borough offices in each community. Right now, the Northwest Arctic...
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Search Teams Rescue Disabled Boat Out of Alakanuk
Search-and-rescue teams successfully located a missing boat out of Alakanuk on Saturday. According to an Alaska State Troopers (AST) dispatch posted online, on Saturday morning at around 9:45 am,...
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Coast Guard Ends Search and Rescue Efforts for “Overdue” Newtok Hunter
Search efforts by the Coast Guard for a missing hunter near Newtok have been called off after two days of searching. After 59-year-old Tom John of Newtok left to hunt seals on Sunday, Alaska State...
View ArticleMay 1998: Plane crash near Nome
May 14, 1998 A Cessna Caravan airplane with ten people aboard crashes on a hilltop three miles north of Nome in near zero visibility. KNOM broadcasts frequent live reports from search and rescue...
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