Alaska State Troopers have released the identities of the Saturday night helicopter crash victims and also report that the sole survivor of the crash, 48-year-old Czech Republic resident David Horvath, remains in serious but stable condition at an Anchorage hospital. AST was notified of an overdue helicopter and the location of possible crash debris near […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed today, March 27, 2021, as “Great Alaska Good Friday Earthquake Remembrance Day” in Alaska. WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is extremely vital for survival in times of crisis; and WHEREAS, as one of the world’s most seismically active regions, Alaska is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. Of the 20 […]
DHSS Friday announced 183 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 179 were residents in: Wasilla (61), Anchorage (49), Palmer (27), Eagle River (6), Delta Junction (5), Big Lake (4), Healy (4), North Pole (4), Yukon-Kuskokwim Census Area (3), Fairbanks (2), Kenai (2), Matanuska-Susitna Borough (2), Sitka (2), Valdez (2) and one each in Bethel, Copper […]
It has been more than half a century since a major tsunami washed itself upon Alaska. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake of March 27, 1964, in Prince William Sound unleashed tsunamis that devastated coastal communities. They wiped out the village of Chenega and wrought damage upon Whittier, Seward, Kodiak and Valdez. A tsunami that day reached […]