Pilots, Passenger Abandon Two Aircraft on Talkeetna River Due to Weather

Severe weather and rising water prompted 57-year-old James Stocker to contact the Alaska State Troopers by Sat phone on Thursday.

Severe weather and rising water prompted 57-year-old James Stocker to contact the Alaska State Troopers by Sat phone on Thursday.

Late last Friday night a call went in to the Alaska State Troopers reporting an accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

Early this morning, a man and a woman were able to flee from an unidentified armed man who shot and wounded the fleeing man near mile 270 of the Parks Highway.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of developing America’s energy resources to reduce our dependence on OPEC, to create jobs and to raise revenues to address the ballooning deficit without raising taxes.