AST released an advisory after receiving reports of a “telephonic phone scam” targeting Alaskans. The advisory was posted on the trooper dispatch on Tuesday. According to the posting, troopers found in their investigation that numerous individuals have called in to AST seeing clarification of phone calls they have been receiving where the caller identifies themselves […]
The search for the subject of a report of “a distraught male who fired gunshots from a handgun and threatened a citizen” on Wednesday, April 5th came to a close after a body discovered in the water near Beluga Point on Monday and was positively identified as 36-year-old Kevin Thibodeau on Tuesday. Troopers from Seward […]
With the death of a 17-year-old teen that was shot on Friday, APD is now investigating the shooting as a homicide, it was reported on Nixle today. At 3:32 pm, police were called out to multiple shots-fired with injuries on the 400-block of Irwin Street and discovered a 17-year-old teen, identified as Leroy Lawrence, with a […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker ordered all Alaska flags be lowered today in honor of former Senate President Jan Faiks, who passed away on Monday after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Faiks served in the Alaska Senate from 1983 to 1990, and was Senate President from 1987 to 1988. Born in Long Island, New York, […]