JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday voted 24-to-14 to pass the operating budget bill, House Bill 39. The budget expresses the House Majority’s commitment to streamline government while also protecting schools, public safety, and other critical services that underpin our economy. “We recognize that we have a deficit and must make […]
Troopers report that an arrest warrant is pending against an inmate at the Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm after he left the minimum security Alaska Department of Corrections installation late Thursday night. The DOC facility at 13690 S. Guernsey Road in Wasilla reported that 59-year-old Brian Church walked away from the minimum security facility between […]
A Bethel Alaska Army Guard UH-60 helicopter responded to a location 30 miles northeast of Bethel late Thursday afternoon in reference to a commercial aircraft crash and lifted four uninjured survivors to Bethel. The Yute Air charter PA-32 was en route to Bethel from Aniak with three passengers when it went down after the […]
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center contacted the state’s Search and rescue coordinator on Wednesday to report a fallen climber on Goat Mountain with unknown injuries. They informed that the man’s climbing partner had begun the descent down to his fallen partner who had fallen approximately 500-feet and in the process lost cell phone contact. […]