Spend a weekend learning about Search and Rescue techniques, rope rescue, cave rescue, swift water awareness, wilderness first aid, and gathering information about the poisonous plants and animals of the area. Do all this in one of the most beautiful areas of Kentucky. We hope you can join the us...
(LEX 18) – The Powell County Search and Rescue Team assisted with the rescue of an injured hiker on Friday night. A crew from Wolfe County was also on scene after a call came in around 6 p.m. that a man had fallen and had a broken ankle on the Bison Way Trail in Menifee County, according to Lisa...
STANTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Search teams from Powell and Wolfe Counties worked together on Saturday to help a hiker who took a fall on Martins Fork Trail and couldn’t walk out on his own. A post on the Wolfe County Search & Rescue Facebook page says they got the call around 2:30 p.m. Two teams hiked...
STANTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Wolfe and Powell County Search & Rescue teams were able to rescue a Tennessee hiker who fell nearly 200 feet off a cliff line Saturday evening. Search crews say the man was hiking when a storm came through. As the hiker was trying to find shelter, he reportedly fell off a...
(WYMT)- Powell County Search and Rescue crews responded to five separate calls during the Memorial Day weekend. The crew posted about the calls on Facebook. They say on Saturday, they received a call about a hiker in Natural Bridge near Low Gap Trail with a potentially broken ankle. The team says...
POWELL COUNTY, Ky (LEX 18) Powell County Search and Rescue posted on Facebook saying that a woman was bitten by a snake Wednesday while hiking on Martins Fork Trail. The 911 call was issued around 12:30 p.m. They said in their post that she was bitten on the inside of her right ankle by a...
POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – It’s something many hikers don’t think about, but three hikers at the Red River Gorge in Powell County had a tool which helped rescuers locate them. Whether your new to hiking or even an avid hiker, Lisa Johnson with Powell County Search and Rescue...
STANTON, Ky. (WYMT) – The Stanton Airport was an unusual venue for a Powell County Search and Rescue fundraiser, but organizers said it helped everyone involved. The small rescue team was started in 2013 and, with Natural Bridge State Park nearby, is already considered one of the most active...