Louse — Neresta Aikut nerestangq’rtut. – The dogs have lice. Historic accounts indicate that lice were a constant plague in Native communities. These small, rapidly reproducing parasites were hard to eradicate, as people lived in tight quarters where they passed easily from one person to the next. Moreover, people wore heavy fur and bird skin […]
Anchorage Midshift officers responded to the 3400-block of Greenland Drive off of Spenard in west Anchorage after being alerted to a shots-fired incident at an address there at 3:49 am on Saturday morning. When they responded to the scene they discovered two victims of gunshots. Officers would find the first victim dead from gunshot wounds […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they attempted a traffic stop on a 1983 Subaru Brat for an equipment violation near the Palmer-Wasilla Highway on Trunk Road early morning on Saturday but the vehicle did not stop and took troopers on a chase on the Glenn Highway. Multiple agencies, including Wasilla and Anchorage police assisted. The […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Friday Governor Mike Dunleavy met with residents and community leaders in Wrangell following Monday night’s fatal landslide. Earlier Friday the Department of Public Safety identified three Alaskans who remained missing: 65-year-old Otto Florschutz, 12-year-old Derek Heller, and 11-year-old Kara Heller. Three Alaskans located deceased during the search were identified as 44-year-old […]