Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. This award was first presented in 1987. Ryan Air began sponsoring the award in 2019. The award consists of […]
At 10:59 am on Saturday morning, a 5.1 magnitude quake struck the Cook Inlet region of Southcentral Alaska. The shaker was located 26 miles to the west of Nikiski on the western shores of the inlet.\The earthquake was generated at a depth of 54.9 miles and was felt throughout the southcentral region. While the jolt […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a shooting in North Pole early Saturday morning to find a 19-year-old victim dead from a gunshot wound to the head, the AST dispatch reported. Troopers went to the location after receiving the call at 1:27 am Saturday and opened an investigation that immediately found that 23-year-old […]
Anchorage police took their suspect in the Friday evening shooting that occurred on the 900-block of Richardson Vista Road on Government Hill, into custody within 25 minutes of responding to the call at 9:29 pm according to the police report. Officers were called to the location on Government Hill for a shooting that occurred there. […]