(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...
(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...