An investigation into the poaching of five caribou in the Slana area on Monday resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old female. Troopers arrested 29-year-old Joshua Nelson for a violation of court-approved third party duties. Venessa Murphy, age 31 of Slana was also placed under arrest for violating the conditions of her […]
Troopers responded to a Chitina residence after receiving a call reporting a man threatening residents there with a firearm. The caller reported that 29-year-old Dustin Slocum was at the residence and was “threatening people with a gun saying he was going to kill them,” the trooper dispatch reported on Wednesday. The trooper investigation revealed that […]
Although the investigation into the death of a crash that caused the death of an elderly man on the Steese Highway on December 7th is still under investigation, the identity has been released by AST following the conclusion of the autopsy. Troopers have identified the man who perished in a fiery crash at mile 155 […]
On January 6, 2017, a stray dog brought in to Anchorage from the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta tested positive for rabies. The animal had been in foster homes in both Bethel and Anchorage, and had limited contact with humans or other dogs before its death. After receiving the test results, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE) […]