Public Safety Archives - Page 10 of 29 - Chilkat Valley News

Prince of Wales Island in the Craig Ranger District, on November 27, 2006 in the Tongass National Forest. (Courtesy/Brian Barr, U.S. Forest Service)

Southeast News, Search and Rescue

Unusual whale mortality reported off POW

by Anna Laffrey - Daily Sitka Sentinel September 14, 2024October 13, 2024

A Haines Borough Police car on Main Street on May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Local News, Police

Chilkat Valley man accused of raping underage coworker

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News September 11, 2024

Sam Wright, of Haines. (Courtesy/Annette Smith)

Southeast News, Search and Rescue

Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 22, 2024July 20, 2026

A Haines Borough Police car on Main Street on May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Local News, Wildlife, Public Safety

Brown bear shooting sparks police and wildlife trooper response on FAA Road

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News August 19, 2024October 13, 2024

An officer with a simulation rifle moves through a school hallway as a volunteer shooting victim trails behind.

News, Public Safety, Local News

Police practice communication, mindfulness during active shooter training

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 1, 2024October 13, 2024

Sam Wright, of Haines. (Courtesy/Annette Smith)

Southeast News, Search and Rescue

Community mourns pilots lost in the Fairweather mountains

by Rashah McChesney and Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 25, 2024October 13, 2024

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescues two stranded miners on the Chilkat River, 23 miles from Haines, Alaska, Nov. 3, 2018. The Jayhawks crew located the stranded men by a fire they had built to stay warm near the Chilkat River. (Courtesy/Lt. Kellen Browne, U.S. Coast Guard)

Southeast News, Search and Rescue

Coast Guard calls off search for trio who went missing flying from Juneau to Yakutat

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 22, 2024October 13, 2024

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter hovers over Sitka Sound during routine hoist training, Alaska, Apr. 25, 2023. Air Station Sitka aircrew regularly conduct rescue hoist training exercises with their Mh-60T Jayhawk helicopters to maintain proficiency with a variety of techniques used to recover persons from the water, a vessel, or land. (Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Photo/Lt. Cmdr Wryan Webb)

Southeast News, Search and Rescue

Yakutat-bound charter flight missing from Juneau

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News July 21, 2024October 13, 2024

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball, right, and a Japanese naval training vessel travel near the island of Unalaska in 2021. The Kimball intercepted a group of Chinese military vessels operating near the Aleutian Islands last weekend. (U.S. Coast Guard)

News, Public Safety

Inside the U.S. Coast Guard’s Aleutian encounter with China’s military — and what it means

by Nathaniel Herz - Northern Journal July 12, 2024September 11, 2024

F/V Pamela Rae on bottom on June 25, 2024, near the net pens in Anita Bay. (Courtesy/Don Spigelmyre)

News, Southeast News, Environment, Search and Rescue, Environment & Natural Resources

Seiner goes aground in Anita Bay; all five crew rescued

by Orin Pierson - Petersburg Pilot June 30, 2024October 13, 2024