Three people aboard a plane that crashed near the Kenai Peninsula on Sunday have been found. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak located the plane about 6 p.m. Monday.
Search & Rescue
Two fires, same downtown Juneau house
Two-story house with an apartment at 623 Basin Road is considered to be a total loss. Cause of the original fire is still undetermined.
Sitka to lose Coast Guard Cutter Maple this summer
The Maple will go South for scheduled maintenance this summer. Sitka’s new cutter will be the Kukui and it likely won’t arrive in port until 2018.
Coast Guard rescues downed pilot near Shelikof Strait
The pilot reportedly crashed his single-engine Super Cub airplane while attempting to land in deep snow on Hallo Glacier Lake, about 75 miles northwest of Kodiak, according to a Jan. 23 news release.
Nome woman found dead in Anchorage parking lot
A missing person case for Anchorage police turned into a death investigation on Thursday. A graduate of Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, Martina Painter, 25, was found dead Thursday afternoon. She was the only person in a blue four-door Dodge Dart located in a parking lot near University Lake Park in Anchorage.
Three people stranded on trail to Levelock returned safely
A search and rescue wrapped up Tuesday morning with three people returned safely to Levelock. Danielle Dobkins, Ivon Washington, and Paul Chukwak, all in their 40s, had made a trip to Naknek by four-wheeler Sunday morning, and had broken down on the return trip on Sunday evening.
Cutter SPAR disabled during rescue mission
The Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is safe at its home port at Coast Guard Base Kodiak after a high seas adventure over the weekend. The fishing vessel Lady Gudny experienced engine trouble Thursday night and became disabled nearly 300 miles south of Kodiak.
Capital City Fire/Rescue says don’t walk on thin ice
Capital City Fire/Rescue held an ice safety training at the Mendenhall Glacier on Saturday to give the public tips on safely navigating frozen water bodies like Mendenhall Lake.
Another cautionary tale of Mendenhall Lake’s dangerously thin ice
It’s the stuff of nightmares. Watching a loved one fall through the ice and being unable to save them. It happened recently to one Juneau man who lost his 4-year-old dog shortly before New Year’s.
No injuries among four Juneau people rescued on Friday
Two people were rescued from West Glacier Trail and another two people were rescued from Montana Creek Trail.