JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — For Alaska Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Radach, close-quarters combat in an urban environment is a deadly serious business. The veteran of six combat tours with the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan knows the challenges of CQC from firsthand experience, most notably in Iraq during the 2005 Operation Steel […]
The pilot and four passengers, enroute to Juneau from Skagway, all swam to shore successfully after their 1974 Cessna T207 on wheels was forced to make a water landing after 6 am this morning, troopers report. The call concerning the downed aircraft, operated by Alaska Seaplanes, was relayed to Ketchikan State Troopers by the Juneau […]
A 23-year-old Kasilof man was taken into custody after a car chase, and charged with Felony Eluding, Assault III x2, Reckless Driving, and Terroristic Threatening II on the Kenai Peninsula on Saturday, troopers report. At 1:37 pm on Saturday afternoon, troopers attempted a traffic stop on Clayton R. Nelson, who had an outstanding felony warrant […]
A Wasilla man was arrested for dual DUIs after a Sunday evening report of a vehicle in the ditch at 7:24 pm, the trooper dispatch revealed. Troopers say that they received a call of a vehicle in the ditch and responded to the scene. When they arrived, they contacted 40-year-old Wasilla resident Thomas Favor. He […]