Fairbanks Man Charged After Punching Himself in Face
A Fairbanks man has been hit with charges by Alaska State Troopers, after he allegedly tried to incriminate a neighbor by punching himself in the face.According to AST, troopers responded to a reported...
View ArticleMinor Fire Starts Behind Fish Tank at Spenard Apartment
A minor fire started Monday morning behind a fish tank at a Spenard apartment, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.AFD responded with 12 units dispatched to a blaze at the 1400 block of W 25th...
View ArticleBody of Australia Man Found in Sitka Harbor
The body of a 33-year-old Australia man has been found at the bottom of an Alaska harbor.The man has been identified as John W. Schroeder, who was a crew member on a yacht visiting the southeast Alaska...
View ArticleCouncil Seeks to Rescind Comments on Mine Study
The Iliamna Village Council wants to rescind a report that backed up conclusions about the potentially negative impacts of large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay region.Donald Macalady analyzed for the...
View ArticleMissing Ouzinkie Boy Found Inside Furniture
Efforts to find a 4-year-old boy in Ouzinkie had a happy ending Friday according to Alaska State Troopers, with some top-drawer detective work from his family heading off a planned U.S. Coast Guard air...
View ArticleSow Brown Bear Shot in Monday Old Harbor Charging Incident
Alaska State Troopers say a sow Kodiak brown bear with four cubs was shot and killed in defense of life and property at the Old Harbor landfill, after it charged workers there Monday afternoon. In a...
View ArticleAnchorage Police Searching for Missing Elderly Man
An elderly Anchorage man went missing since last Thursday, according to the Anchorage Police Department.Wallace Wilkinson Dunn, 81, was last seen watching a soccer game near Waldron Lake on July 11 and...
View ArticleOverdue 'Into the Wild' Hikers Safely Found Monday
A group of overdue hikers were safely found by Alaska State Troopers Monday, the third trio of people this year to elicit a recovery effort in relation to a famed bus where a man died near Healy....
View ArticleKing Salmon Numbers Show Promise for the Future of Ship Creek
Over the last two years, Ship Creek has had murky water conditions, which can present challenges for king salmon counting for survey teams with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. "I've only done...
View ArticleImproving Traffic: Construction Season Hits Old Seward Hwy and 36th Ave
Lines of tail lights, street cones and workers in neon orange vests - these are some of the sights and sounds of construction season happening around Anchorage.One of the most visible projects...
View ArticleKodiak Tourism Map to be Updated
Kodiak's tourism bureau is working on updating a visitors' map of Kodiak.   Thousands of visitors use Discover Kodiak's street map each year.   Discover Kodiak's member services manager Chastity...
View ArticleCamp Abilities Adapts Summer Fun for Children with Visual Impairments
Every year, the Lion's Clubs of district 49a provides funding for Camp Abilities, a program that adapts summer camp activities for children with visual impairments.The annual program is taking place in...
View ArticleMore Noise and Less Housing are Anchorage Concerns for F-16 Relocation
People living in Mountain View say that housing and noise levels are some of their top concerns regarding a proposal to move F-16 squadron from Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks to Joint Base...
View ArticleGovernor's Family Picnics Begin This Week
The Governor's Family Picnics get under way this week. The first of the five picnics is scheduled for Friday at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer. Picnics also are planned for Saturday in...
View ArticleOne Man Injured from Mountain View Fire
Anchorage firefighters responded to a working fire in Mountain View that sent one man to the hospital. At 4:03 a.m. AFD received a call of a structure fire at the 700 block of N. Flower Street. Fire...
View ArticleEvacuation Watch near Fairbanks Moved
An evacuation watch along Chena Hot Springs Road near Fairbanks has been moved. The evacuation watch for Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley residents between milepost 16 and 27 has been lifted and is now...
View ArticleChena Hot Springs Still Providing Medical Miracles a Century Later
You could call Chena Hot Springs "Alaska's Fountain of Youth." For generations people who have flocked here claimed the water from the springs cured them of muscle aches, pains and even more serious...
View ArticleMore Sexual Abuse Charges Filed in Bethel Case
A grand jury has indicted a former Bethel daycare operator on additional counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Sixty-nine-year-old Peter Tony is already in custody on seven counts of sexual abuse of a...
View ArticleF-16s to Fly at Eielson after Budget Restored
An Air Force fighter squadron based at a Fairbanks base has returned to the air. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the F-16 Aggressor Squadron based at Eielson Air Force Base has been grounded for...
View ArticleBody of Missing Anchorage Woman Found Near Beluga Point
Updated 2:10 p.m. Tuesday July, 17 The body of missing Anchorage woman Martha Levensaler, 58, was discovered amongst some rocks near the water's edge a short distance away from mile 108 of the Seward...
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