Sitka Search and Rescue checks on unhoused man at Gavan Hill camp
Sitka Search and Rescue successfully located an unhoused man for a wellness check on Saturday (12-8-25).
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Sitka’s SAR team rescues hiker injured from fall
Sitka’s Search and Rescue team rescued an injured hiker on Thursday evening. The hiker was walking across the first bridge on the Indian River Trail when the handrail gave way, and he fell, injuring his ankle.
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SAR team aids two stuck on steep terrain at Nakwasina
The Sitka Fire Department and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka were busy over the weekend, performing multiple rescues and medevacs throughout Southeast.Read More
Search and Rescue helps injured hunter after fall
Sitka’s Search and Rescue team remained busy through the early week when they assisted an injured hunter Tuesday afternoon (8-6-19).Read More
Searchers locate Kake boating fatality, airlift fogbound hiker
A Kake resident has died after apparently falling overboard from his boat this weekend. Searchers recovered the body of a 59-year-old Willis Cavanaugh shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday (7-2-17), floating about 1 mile offshore of Pt. Macartney, near Kake.
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