KWONG: Yes. The boats the Tyau clan chartered, named the Pockets and the Awakin, set out Friday amid rough conditions. In 2015, an intense atmospheric river in Sitka, Alaska, triggered a series of landslides, one of which took the lives of three locals. And anyone can access the dashboard by typing sitkalandslide.org. Large swell and heavy surf on the shore of Low Island have impaired efforts to salvage the 30-foot aluminum charter vessel. Teen who vanished 8 years ago while walking dogs is found alive, 4 shark attacks reported off New York shores; 50 spotted at one beach, Authorities hint they know location of missing mother's body, Two sisters and one of their husbands are dead. When Sunday dawned, their last vacation day before Monday flights home, the women rejoined the boats. KWONG: The thing for Lisa at the Sitka Sound Science Center to do was to get answers. Two males were transported to Mt. I mean, a lot of places are going to see more rainfall. Discover Sitka, Alaska through our comprehensive portal to local businesses, captivating stories, current news, and community organizations. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Danielle and Maury Agcaoili were among boaters who died Sunday, May 28, 2023, near Sitka, Alaska, when a fishing vessel ran into trouble in rough seas. Sitka grapples with spread of COVID-19 as one resident dies and Alaska Lingit Aani Kaa Kei Nas.ax Haa Yoo Xatangi, Coast Guard suspends search for remaining victims of charter boat accident near Sitka. The tragedy tore the Tyau family apart: Two sisters and one of their husbands are dead, while the other's partner and the boat captain remain missing off southeast Alaska four days after the boat was found partially submerged off an island. Local News Archives - KCAW Waipahu man dead, wife missing after charter boat sinks off Alaska Thats nearly one and a half times the roughly 8,300 people that live in the community, based on the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. One person is dead, and another four are missing and presumed lost after their charter fishing vessel sank in rough seas near Sitka on Sunday. 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Juneau, AK 99811-5526 www.adfg.alaska.gov Sitka Geoduck Fishery page 1 of 2 July 29, 2023 Advisory Announcement CONTACT: Jason Jones For Immediate Release: June 29, 2023 Sitka Assistant Area Management Biologist jason.jones@alaska.gov (907) 747-6688 2022/23 SITKA AREACOMMERCIAL GEODUCK FISHERY Kingfisher Charters did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. Coast Guard suspends search for remaining victims of charter boat Get notifications about news related to the topics you care about. June 30, 2023, Community Happenings 30 Jun 2023 21:32 Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Another heavy storm system is bearing down on the West Coast, threatening more flooding, landslides and other hazards. SCOTT: I love it when discovering a database is like discovering hidden treasure. Its an unfortunate outcome, Gray said. You can unsubscribe anytime. Lingit Aani Kaa Kei Nas.ax Haa Yoo Xatangi, roughly 8,300 people that live in the community, Amid busy tourist season, workers on Skagways White Pass railway are voting on a possible strike, New Anchorage airline aims to bring year-round tourism to Alaska, Hoonah set to try again to form new Alaska borough. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Reading) Charteris (ph) has room. Southeast Alaska. The Agcaoilis have two children, one of whom just graduated from high school. KWONG: These are locals reading Facebook posts written at the time. Edgecumbe Medical Center early Thursday (6-29-23) after their vehicle rolled over in the overflow parking lot of the Old Sitka Boat Launch. Sitka Alaska news: 1 dead, Coast Guard searching for 4 missing after Shows & Podcasts. Officers responded to the area and observed a male attempting to flee the scene. The Coast Guard launched a search Sunday after five people on a chartered boat went overboard in the water off of Alaska, officials said. That's nearly one and a half times the roughly 8,300 people that live in the community , based on the latest data from . One person is dead, and another four are missing and presumed lost after their charter fishing vessel sank in rough seas near Sitka on Sunday. Names of the victims have not been released to the public. ABC7 Chicago 24/7 Stream SITKA, Alaska -- The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska, ABC News reported. We didn't know for sure exactly what timescale of heavy rainfall would trigger a landslide, so that's where we wanted to start. KWONG: Mmm hmm. Would that be helpful? KWONG: And certain names kept coming up again and again - fifty people who should know about the landslide early warning system. Nearly 10,000 cruise visitors in one day is "far too many," Sitka's mayor said at Tuesday's assembly meeting (6-27-23). 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Hoonahs tiny outlying communities like Elfin Cove,population 24, and Game Creek,population 23, would be included in the new boroughs boundaries. The whole family stayed in a lodge owned by charter boat company Kingfisher Charters in Sitka. CNN Six people are dead after a sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska on Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard. At Gray, our journalists report, write, edit and produce the news content that informs the communities we serve. The family's vacation was meant for them to enjoy a holiday weekend away and bridge the gap between their homes in Hawaii and Los Angeles. Sitka often attracts anglers from across the United States for its king salmon and halibut fishing - both currently in season. Which raises the question, are other communities taking note of this project? 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Police are investigating. Sitka hosted more than 13,000 cruise-ship visitors in one day last week. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. He and his wife flew from Los Angeles to Alaska on Thursday with Brandi Tyau, 56, and Solis, 61. It can move up to 25 mph, giving you very little time to get out of the way. A Sitka physician with a long career in sports medicine, Don Lehmann has lately turned his attention to a relatively recent field: Performing Arts Medicine. Coast Guard officials say responders, including several Coast Guard crews, the Sitka Fire Department and good Samaritan vessels, covered about 825 square miles during the 20-hour search. SITKA, Alaska (KTUU) - A Sitka woman died after a boat capsized near Sitka on Sunday morning. A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska's chinook salmon fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish. We are just realizing what our carrying capacity is for that, for our staff and for our building, Busch told KCAW in a phone interview. KWONG: And geology tells us that new landslides are likely to form in the footprint of these old landslides, which is telling. Where do landslides happen? 18, 2023 at 7:11 PM PDT SITKA, Alaska (KTUU) - Looking for a taste of Sitka's local flavor? Arrival of Alaska's first cruise ship of 2021 coincided with a - KTOO . A year after wildfires in Alaska . Darwin Jensen said in the statement. CHANG: That was Emily Kwong and Aaron Scott from NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave. Update the categories youd like to receive notifications about. And Lisa never feared the rain before, but the morning of August 18, 2015, was different. And I reminded some of the folks that I talked to in the cruise industry of some of the early discussions we had about over commitment of Sitkas resources. Water that travels down through gravity and transforms layers of earth into a slurry of mud, water and other debris, taking on the consistency of wet cement. Authorities suspended a more than 20-hour search covering 825 square miles on Monday and have no plans to resume it. ASSOCIATED PRESS A fishing boat sits tied up to a working float in the Sitka channel overlooking downtown Sitka and the O'Connell bridge, in Sitka, Alaska, in March 2008. Alaska justices rule against Dunleavy administration in long-running union-dues lawsuit, In Metlakatla, Southeast Alaskans learn how to watch for invasive green crabs, Rain and mud make Mount Marathon trail an absolute nightmare, In reversal, Anchorage halts its clearing of Mountain View homeless camps, Kenai River angler reels in surprise catch: an iPhone. Our ecosystems need a lot of rain. KTOO - News & Public Media from Alaska's Capital SITKA, Alaska -- An Alaska man said his boat was attacked over the weekend by an orca during a salmon fishing excursion with his 14-year-old son and two other . Solis and Robidou were still considered missing Thursday. Rescuers located one deceased individual and the vessel partially submerged near a small island 10 miles from Sitka, Alaska, according to the Coast Guard. There wasnt a big hole in the hull of the vessel that indicated that they struck anything to make it sink.. The "Alaska Weather" program has been must-see TV for 47 years in a state where extreme weather dictates everyday life . That's on the dashboard. KCAW - Community broadcasting for Sitka and the surrounding area The Sitka Fire Department and nearby vessels are assisting the Coast Guard in the search efforts. July 25, 2017 / 11:16 PM / CBS/AP. by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 28, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated. A good Samaritan vessel nearby pulled a 42-year-old man and a 56-year-old man both from Sitka out of the water, both of whom were transferred onto the police boat and then taken to Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center. KWONG: Yes. Michael Tyau said his sisters and wife spent the day's voyage seasick in the two boats' cabins and skipped Saturday's trip to recover on land. Brandi Tyau's longtime partner, Robert Solis a Navy diver-turned-private investigator who was stationed in Hawaii when they met decades ago was someone for whom " the ocean really was his life," one of Solis' brothers said. Get browser notifications for breaking . An NFL quarterback who hunted a black bear in Alaska and shared photos of the kill on social media is being called "barbaric" online. The general consensus that I got was, if you had a storefront, you said it was too many people. You can unsubscribe anytime. The Coast Guard recovered one body from the wreckage. Copyright 2022 KTUU. Despite our best efforts and those of several partner agencies, we were not able to find the four remaining individuals, Capt. It's beautiful there, and it rains a lot - over 100 inches a year. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. The body of Danielle Agcaoilis husband, 57-year old Maury Agcaoili, was recovered on Monday offshore of Low Island, not far from the partially-submerged charter fishing vessel in which the group had been traveling. All Rights Reserved. After the search was called off, local marine salvage company Hanson Maritime took over salvage efforts, and was working to remove the boat from the water on Tuesday afternoon. The Coast Guard suspended operations on Monday evening. It's the kind of extreme weather event that we're likely to see more of in a changing climate. Sitka news, history, and more - Sitka Stories The missing people were last seen near Sitka, a city near Juneau on Sunday afternoon. KWONG: Rivers in town began to rise, and the land started to slide. Podcasts. BUSCH: It's heartening to see a community adapt and move on. She recently visited the docks to photograph and speak with trollers as they prepare to head out on their much hoped-for, yet completely unexpected, summer king salmon season. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) An advocacy group is evaluating the use of tiny homes to provide housing for people who are homeless in the southeast Alaska city of Sitka. "There are currently so many unknowns, we are thankful for the coordination efforts from several municipal agencies including the Sitka Fire Department and Good Samaritan vessels on scene," Command Duty Officer Lt. Trevor Layman said. The initial divers that dove on the boat to examine the vessel [said] it didnt indicate that the vessel struck anything, Gray said. "My sisters, I think, reluctantly agreed," Michael Tyau said. The body of Morgan Robidou, 32, of Sitka, Alaska, was recovered Thursday, 11 days after the boat was found, Alaska State Troopers said.