Alaska State Troopers were notified at noon on Sunday of a Yute Air Cessna crash 10 miles south of Bethel. Prior to AST notification, local pilots from Bethel responded to the scene. Six persons were reported as being in the aircraft at the time of the crash. All were successfully rescued and no injuries were […]
Seventeen states are reporting that more than 80% of their pediatric hospital beds are full, while seven states are near capacity. Pediatric health experts are sounding alarms regarding a surge in respiratory viruses among children, with more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds now full as respiratory syncytial virus cases hit more than double the number […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to the North Charley Drive area to conduct a requested welfare check on a suicidal 31-year-old man at 9 pm Friday night. Troopers report that Sigmund Patterson while being suicidal, also had made “threats about wanting to kill someone.” Crisis Intervention contacted Patterson via phone and convinced him to exit the […]
An earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java Monday, killing at more than 50 people and injuring hundreds. The head of the country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the earthquake damaged dozens of buildings. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the magnitude 5.6 quake was in Cianjur. Shaking was felt in the capital, […]