It’s the first winter in Bethel since a liquor store opened after almost 40 years of illegal sales. Alcohol is easier than ever to get, and Bethel Search and Rescue says the number of calls they receive, almost all alcohol-related, has spiked. Volunteers are getting worn out, resources are depleting and the organization is asking the community for help.
Search & Rescue
Police and CCFR rescue man pinned in a car
CCFR had to remove the vehicle’s top to free McVay, and then responders put him in a litter and carried him out of “dense vegetation.”
Plane crash passengers found alive on west side of Cook Inlet
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.
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.