Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers report that on Monday they arrested a 24-year-old Elim resident on Sexual Assault charges that were incurred on February 1st. According to troopers, they received a report on February 1st of a sexual assault that occurred at a hotel in Fairbanks and opened an investigation that identified two college-aged victims who […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a diesel fuel discharge, Tuesday, after a vessel sank near Sitka, Alaska. Sector Juneau personnel received a report, February 26, 2021, at 2 p.m., that the 52-foot fishing vessel, Haida Lady, sank and was completely submerged between Cobb Island and Silver Point South […]
The United States Coast Guard began searching for an overdue helicopter en route to Kodiak from Anchorage northeast of Kodiak on Tuesday. The black and white Robinson R66 with the tail number N1767, piloted by 52-year-old Andy Teuber, CEO of the Kodiak Area Native Association, departed Merrill Field at 2:09 pm on Tuesday and disappeared […]
DHSS today announced two deaths of Alaska residents and 159 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 124 were residents in: Anchorage (39), Wasilla (25), Fairbanks (10), Palmer (10), Kusilvak Census Area (8), Bethel Census Area (7), Petersburg (6), Sitka (3), Chugiak (2), North Pole (2), and one each in Cordova, Dillingham, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Prince […]