Mike Branson, 68, made it to East Creek Lodge after a 12 hour trek from the Snake River. He was hospitalized for cold exposure and other injuries. Authorities notified by use of Personal Locator Beacon.
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Lake Clark search-and-recovery for missing plane stalled by ice fog
Boat operations have been suspended and aircraft grounded by bad weather with no more signs of a single-engine plane presumed to have crashed with four onboard Wednesday in southwest Alaska.
Day two search underway for missing Port Alsworth plane
A second day of search efforts are underway for a plane that went missing Wednesday between Port Alsworth and Anchorage.
State commission approves Dillingham, Manokotak annexations with ammendments
A state commission approved to petitions for Dillingham and Manokotak to annex land in the Nushagak commercial fishing district against their staff’s recommendations. The annexations will allow the two city’s to tax salmon harvested in the district.
Months later, earthquake ‘swarm’ continues in Port Heiden
“You can think of it as like a little cluster of earthquakes that, added together, might be sort of equivalent to a single, larger earthquake,” says seismologist Michael West.
Researcher presents findings on sexual violence in Bristol Bay
Alaska has the highest rate of forcible rape in the United States according to the 2015 FBI statistics. Researcher and author Jeremy Braithwaite conducted research on sexual assault in Bristol Bay last year for his dissertation. He returned last week to present that research in Dillingham.