Unidentified man hangs onto overturned canoe as crab pot line tries pulling him underwater.
Search & Rescue
Update: Mariner spotted by private helicopter
A boater who had been missing since Sunday in the Ketchikan area was found Wednesday just north of Knudson Cove.
Hiker breaks leg and is rescued by helicopter
Capital City Fire and Rescue and Alaska State Troopers Tuesday helped tourists off the West Glacier Trail, including a Florida woman with a broken leg.
Crews recover plane wreckage, pilot’s body
Authorities have recovered the body of Air Excursions pilot Kevin Murray, along with wreckage of the Piper Cherokee airplane he was flying last Thursday when it went down between Juneau and Gustavus.
Update: Pilot in fatal plane crash identified
Kevin Murray, 56, from Washington state was the only person on board the Piper Cherokee that went down Thursday morning near Point Howard, 23 miles west of Juneau.
Fishing boat sinks near Sitka AK; crew rescued
The Coast Guard says a 50-foot fishing vessel capsized and sank while pulling in loaded salmon nets but another nearby boat rescued all five of the stricken vessel’s crew members.