Troopers are asking anyone who has seen Heuscher since 1 p.m. Saturday to call 907-465-4000.
Search & Rescue
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Hydaburg man
Nicholas Meyer, a Coast Guard Sector Juneau command duty officer said rescue crews searched more than 180 square miles to find Charles.
Hydaburg boater goes missing, prompting search effort
Search-and-rescue efforts were under way Friday for a 21-year-old Hydaburg man whose empty boat was found floating off Prince of Wales Island on Thursday evening.
Paddler sought life off the beaten path, respite from ‘paying to live’
Coast Guard Lt. Joey Schlosser looked out his kitchen window to see a man on a raft with a dog trying to paddle Gastineau Channel. After being rescued by the Coast Guard, Brandt Smith explained to KTOO what he was trying to accomplish.
‘A number of’ U.S. sailors found dead after Navy destroyer’s collision
Since the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday, seven sailors had been missing. The Navy declined to say how many were found, but they have ended their search efforts.
USCGC Bailey Barco commissioned in Juneau, begins service in Southeast Alaska
The brand new 154-foot cutter will be homeported in Ketchikan, but it is expected to patrol throughout most of Southeast Alaska.
Two boaters found dead south of Unalakleet after joint search and rescue efforts
Two boaters, Peter Nanouk, 55, and Justin Nanouk, 35, from Unalakleet, were reported overdue Sunday evening, according Alaska State Troopers. Both Nanouks later were found deceased on the beach near Golsovia River.
Coast Guard to offer public tours of new cutter Thursday and Friday
The Coast Guard is offering public tours in Juneau of its new cutter Bailey Barco. The 154-foot fast-response cutter will be moored near downtown Juneau.
Recreational boating deaths spiked in 2016 in Alaska, Coast Guard reports
Nineteen people died in Alaska recreationally boating in 2016, according to a Coast Guard report released last month. That’s up from just 7 in 2015.
Coast Guard report: Fatal boating wrecks double in Alaska
In 2016, there were 14 fatal boating wrecks that killed 19 people, The Ketchikan Daily News reports. That’s seven more boating accidents and 12 more fatalities than in 2015.