Alaska News

Searchers seek Sitka man missing on kayak trip

SITKA — A search is on for a Sitka man missing on a kayak outing.

Alaska State Troopers say a search will continue Friday for 40-year-old Jesse Mills.

Mills left his home for a kayak outing late Wednesday and troopers took a call Thursday that he not returned by 5 a.m.

The Sitka Fire Department Search and Rescue and Dive Team, the Coast Guard and volunteers searched Sitka Sound and shorelines throughout Thursday.

Mills was paddling a lime green and white kayak.

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