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Sitka’s SAR team rescues hiker injured from fall

by Katherine Rose | Jun 27, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

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. Read More

SAR team aids two stuck on steep terrain at Nakwasina

by Katherine Rose | Nov 4, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

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

by Katherine Rose | Aug 7, 2019 | Local News

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

by KCAW News | Jul 3, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

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. Read More

Two boaters safe after overnighting on Krestof Island

by Emily Russell | Apr 3, 2017 | Local News

Sitka resident Carl See, 60, and Valerie McKay, 41, from Anchorage left town Friday afternoon in a 15 ft. skiff. The two were going out to harvest herring eggs and expected back by 7 p.m. that evening. Read More