Two people died and another three were injured in a head-on collision on the Seward Highway early Saturday morning, troopers revealed. Troopers reported that they responded to the scene of the collision at mile 53.8 of the Seward Highway, just south of Hope Junction at 7:15 am on Saturday. Upon their arrival, they found that […]
Troopers in Wasilla responded to the scene on White Birch Drive early Sunday morning after a caller reported that a vehicle had crashed into their residence, then fled in the vehicle. AST searched the area for the suspect vehicle and located the 1990 Subaru wagon on Knik Goose Bay Road near Donovan. They contacted the […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two hunters from Blackerby Ridge Trail, located in the Tongass National Forest near Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a VHF channel 16 call from two men, ages 22 and 24, at 8:30 p.m., stating they were not prepared to stay […]
Seismic station A19K, it’s called, and it’s now at the edge of an abandoned airstrip far above the Arctic Circle. The nearest population center is 127 miles northeast in Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow), the northernmost city in the United States. What a way to celebrate Earth Science Week, Oct. 8-14, 2017. The seismic station […]