YKHC will leverage GCI’s existing network to bring urban-level internet service to Western Alaska’s largest rural economic hub BETHEL, Alaska—Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC), the Tribal health organization for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and GCI, Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider, Friday announced that they will apply to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for a $53 million […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday that they are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in Russian Mission during the early morning of Wednesday, at approximately 3:15 am, where a man suffered gunshot injuries. As the morning progressed troopers from Bethel and Saint Marys attempted to fly in with state aircraft but were hindered by […]
FAIRBANKS – A North Pole, Alaska, man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography after a prior conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, Jason Patzke, 47, downloaded, accessed, and deleted […]
At 10:15 pm on Wednesday night, residents along the southern coast of Alaska were shaken awake by a huge earthquake that prompted evacuations all along the Aleutian Chain, Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island, and the southern Kenai Peninsula. Concerned citizens headed for higher ground and evacuation centers as sirens wailed in the coastal communities. The earthquake, […]
A large magnitude 8.1 earthquake shook the Aleutian Chain and Alaska Peninsula at 10:15 pm. It was quickly followed by a second quake measuring 6.2 and a third shaker measuring 5.6. Aftershocks continue to hit the area. The quake, that originated 66 miles southeast of Perryville at a depth of 20 miles and could be […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they do not suspect foul play in the death of a Wasilla man who was discovered face-down in the mud along Fish Creek at 7:12 am on Wednesday morning. Fishermen walking along the creek on the muddy trail discovered 47-year-old Edward Hanousek in the mud and attempted life-saving measures to […]
Alaska Mountain Rescue Group volunteers with the assistance of HELO 3 accessed the steep, mountainous area in the Eagle River Valley and recovered the remains of the two occupants of the downed aircraft on Tuesday evening. Troopers revealed the identities of the two deceased as 23-year-old Anchorage resident Dakota Bauder and 27-year-old Hawaii resident McKenna […]
The Alaska State Troopers report that they received an InReach SOS notification of a four-wheeler crash 18.5 miles northeast of Healy involving two 12-year-old boys at 3:10 pm Sunday afternoon. “AST and Tri-Valley Fire Department medics responded to the scene in a National Park Service helicopter,” troopers reported. The preliminary investigation at the scene found […]
Alaska State Troopers are reporting that AKRCC was alerted to an overdue aircraft out of the Anchorage airport at 8:09 pm on Monday evening. Almost 3 hours later a good samaritan was able to put down after seeing a crash site and confirmed all occupants were deceased. “It was believed the aircraft had gone up […]
