The search for three people left missing by Monday’s landslide in Wrangell is now a reactive search rather than active search, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.
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Search and rescue efforts continue after deadly Wrangell landslide
There’s a huge effort underway not only to search for the missing, but to evacuate or bring supplies to the many residents whose homes were cut off by the slide.
Coast Guard says some rescue radio towers are down after Monday’s storm, warns mariners about landslide debris
The Coast Guard may not be able to pick up calls for distress on VHF channel 16 in certain parts of Southern Southeast.
At least 3 dead, 3 missing in landslide near Wrangell
One woman was rescued from the landslide area Tuesday morning and was reported in good condition.
Between flights to Tuluksak, Operation Santa Claus turned into a rescue mission
“We had Santa on the second flight,” the lead pilot said. “He was with the medics.”
State brings 55 more charges against Petersburg fishing lodge
The charges say the two men helped their clients take too many halibut and did not accurately document the halibut that was caught.
When a Coast Guard helicopter crashed, first on the scene was the fishing crew it came to rescue
The Lydia Marie, a 44-foot wooden troller based in Wrangell, began taking on water around 8 p.m. Monday in the rough seas of Frederick Sound.
Kotzebue women’s deaths at former mayor’s property did not get thorough investigations, report says
Two Kotzebue women died two years apart at the home of former Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor Clement Richards Sr. No one has been charged in connection with either death.
Alaska’s domestic violence council explores restorative justice methods in court sentencing
Restorative justice is a method of resolution wherein people who are affected by a crime work together to address the harm caused and put things right.
2 Coast Guard crash survivors released from hospital, 2 others improving
The crew was responding to a fishing boat that was taking on water near Farragut Bay when their helicopter crashed on Read Island.