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.
Search & Rescue
Juneau man falls through thin ice, saves himself and then a babushka
“I will never do that again and put people in danger,” the woman said after getting home.
Searchers find body of overdue Ketchikan hunter
A Ketchikan man overdue from a hunting trip was found dead in waters off Bold Island.
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.
Search suspended after no sign of sunken vessel’s missing crew members
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for two people who went missing Tuesday after their ship sank north of Unalaska.
Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman from Pybus Bay
An injured fisherman was medevaced from Pybus Bay, 50 miles east of Sitka.