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Troopers Respond to 3-Vehicle Crash near Sterling-Kasilof Area
Alaska State Troopers responded Saturday afternoon to a three vehicle crash near the Sterling-Kasilof area.Megan Peters, AST spokesperson, said troopers received the initial call shortly before 4 p.m....
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Army Recommends 2 Alaska Hangars for Demolition
The U.S. Army has recommended the demolition of two World War II-era hangars at Fort Wainwright in a draft report.   The Army says the hangars don't fit with the fort's mission.   The Fairbanks Daily...
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Goose Lake Hosts Sand Castle Beach Party
Goose Lake played headquarters for the ninth annual "Sand Castle Beach Party," by the Anchorage Parks and Rec. Despite the hovering clouds, more than 120 beach enthusiasts showed up Friday to the lake...
View ArticleLower 48 Firefighters Head to Fire Lines in Alaska
Wildfire crews battling fires across the state are getting some help from the Lower 48. On Saturday night, 100 firefighters, mostly from Oregon, arrived in Fairbanks. The five, 20-person crews, will be...
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Colorado Woman Fell Asleep Behind the Wheel in 3-Vehicle Sterling Hwy Crash
STORY UPDATED AT 11:24 a.m. at 6/23/13:Five people were treated for minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near Mile 115 of the Sterling Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers....
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Police Arrest Woman after 5-Hour Standoff in West Anchorage
Anchorage police arrested a woman who allegedly assaulted a woman and pointed an air gun at police after a five-hour standoff Sunday morning in West Anchorage.Police alleged that Amy Paniptchuk, 32,...
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Juneau Police Seek Man who Pointed Gun at Kids
Juneau police are searching for a man who pointed a gun at two boys last month.   The Juneau Empire reports the boys were playing in the woods on May 28 when a man pointed a handgun at them and they...
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Troopers and Mounties Square Off in 53rd Annual Shooting Competition
The Alaska State Troopers and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police squared off this weekend in the 53rd annual international shooting competition known simply as "The Shoot." The competition started back...
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Anchorage Workers Protest Firing of Men's Wearhouse Founder
Local employees of a men's clothing chain store put all sales on hold Saturday in protest of the abrupt firing of the store's founder and executive chairman.Staff members at the Men's Wearhouse in...
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Rally Held for Captured Fort Richardson Soldier Bowe Bergdahl
Family and friends of prisoner of war Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl gathered Saturday in Hailey, Idaho to show their support and love for the Bergdahl family.The rally came on the heels of recent news that...
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Anchorage Coastal Clean Up Nets Tons of Trash
A dirty diaper will take 500 years to decompose in the Earth, according to an estimate by the Alaska Ocean Observing System. The figure was just one reason that dozens of volunteers flocked to Lynn Ary...
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AFD Launches Water Rescue at Kincaid for Missing Man
The Anchorage Fire Department launched a water rescue for a man who went missing near the Cook Inlet mudflats.Two men attempted to walk towards Fire Island and were caught in the water tides around...
View ArticleMan Shot in Fairview Neighborhood
At around 2:00 a.m. Monday morning, Anchorage Police responded to reports of a shooting in a Fairview alley between LaTouche St. and Medfra St. off of 13th Avenue. APD says a man in his early 20s was...
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Oregon Firefighter Crews Arrive in Fairbanks
Five Oregon firefighting crews have arrived in Fairbanks.They're being staged in the state's second-largest city in case wildfires break out in the dry conditions of interior Alaska.Alaska Interagency...
View ArticleAPD Names Suspect Held in Man's Fairview Shooting
Anchorage police say a 31-year-old man already in custody has been charged in a Fairview shooting early Monday that left a man critically injured. In a statement Monday afternoon, APD spokesperson...
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Minimum Wage Hike Plan Gets Go-Ahead
The organizers of a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Alaska have been given the go-ahead to begin collecting signature.Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Monday certified the initiative and...
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Anchorage Man Arrested in Yakutat Burglary, Joyride
An Anchorage man was arrested in the Southeast Alaska town of Yakutat Saturday after he was allegedly chased out of a local man's home, stole an SUV and damaged it in an off-road joyride.A Monday...
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Troopers Investigating Man's Apparent Drowning in Fairbanks
A man's death in an apparent drowning at a Fairbanks swimming hole Sunday afternoon is under investigation by Alaska State Troopers.AST spokesperson Megan Peters says the man went under while he was at...
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Man Medevaced after Sitka Ammonia Exposure
A worker on a processor-tender vessel was exposed to ammonia gas while the vessel was tied up on the Sitka Sound Seafoods dock in Sitka.The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the unidentified man was flown...
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Woman Gets Nearly 4 Years in Trident Seafoods Embezzlement
A former bookkeeper who embezzled about $500,000 from a Kodiak seafood plant will serve 46 months in a federal prison and make restitution.The U.S. attorney's office says in a release that 33-year-old...
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