As I was driving down the highway, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising along on the snowpack, right next to the road. Could it be one of the hardest animals to spot in Alaska, a wolf? Yes. I pulled over and stopped. The wolf padded along the treeline, getting closer. A few things stood […]
Once again, the crew of the Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter forward deployed to the USCG Cutter John Midgett took part in a medevac and hoisted a crewmember from a fishing vessel in the vicinity of Cold Bay. For the fourth time in seven days, the chopper was launched in response to an […]
Troopers today revealed some of the details in possible sexual assault charges against a Kwethluk man that occurred on February 27th that also involved an assault. AST reports that 25-year-old Robert Alfred is alleged to have had sex with an incapacitated woman in that village in late February. Troopers also report that Alfred threatened the woman’s […]
A Ford pickup towing a 29-foot boat jackknifed on the Seward Highway on the outskirts of Anchorage near Beluga Point as it traveled southbound on the highway AST says. According to the report, 63-year-old Robert Bornt was driving his Ford F-350 with a 29-foot boat in tow when he encountered a left turn at that […]