Authorities were searching for a Kentucky woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.
The Juneau Police Department said it received a report Tuesday afternoon that 62-year-old Marites Buenafe, who told relatives that morning that she was getting off the Norwegian Bliss to hike, had not returned to the vessel by its departure time.
The woman’s plans involved taking a tram popular with tourists partially up a mountain overlooking downtown Juneau and continuing from there, with plans to trek to Gold Ridge and Gastineau Peak, according to the state Department of Public Safety…