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A warning: this story contains references to child sex abuse. Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp is among the places where a California man allegedly abused boys over the span of decades. Now, the people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable.
On the day Sam Wright, Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins disappeared in the Fairweather Range, Haines pilot Drake Olson was doing much-needed maintenance on one of the three airplanes in his hangar. The plane, his fastest one, was in pieces on July 20 when he got a call from Munich...
A fisherman died in an entanglement accident on board a troll vessel on Aug. 19 about 20 miles northwest of Sitka, according to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Barry L. McKee, age 75, of Sitka, died on the Lisa Jean in onboard machinery below deck while off Kruzof Island, according to an Alaska troopers’ statement.
Sitka firefighters spent two hours extinguishing a blaze aboard a fishing vessel in Crescent Harbor late Tuesday night (8-20-24). Fire Chief Craig Warren says the call came in shortly before 10 p.m. that the 42-foot fishing vessel Unimak was on fire while it was under tow just outside the Sitka airport.
The family of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau in July say they’re still waiting for answers. Jason, Monty and Dawn Kissack arrived from Florida this week for a memorial to honor their brother, Steven Kissack. Steven was unhoused, and lived on the streets of downtown Juneau for several years with his malamute, Juno.
Two out-of-town visitors were treated for minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Sitka’s downtown intersection on Monday (8-19-24). According to a Sitka Police Department spokesperson, a driver was attempting to complete a left turn at Lake and Lincoln streets, just as an oncoming tour bus was entering the intersection. The driver failed to notice two people in the crosswalk, and struck both.
Sitka Search & Rescue and the US Coast Guard safely recovered a man who had become stranded on top of a local peak on Saturday afternoon. Fire engineer Karl Muench says a 9-1-1 call came in just before 6 p.m. from a man who had summited Mt. Verstovia – known locally as Arrowhead Peak – and could not find the route down.
Wrangell police have arrested a woman in a stabbing that took place at Evergreen Trailer Park early Tuesday morning. 42-year-old Dana Cawthorne has been charged with felony assault in the first degree for allegedly stabbing a man in the chest. Wrangell Police Chief Gene Meek said police officers and an...
The Sitka Fire Department responded to a small boat fire by Sitka Sound Seafoods early Friday morning (8-9-24). Around 1:45 a.m. a dock worker observed a fire on a tender, and called 911. A fire engine and four personnel responded. Before they could arrive, the crew managed to put out the blaze with water and an extinguisher. The call was canceled en-route.