(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed today, March 27, 2021, as “Great Alaska Good Friday Earthquake Remembrance Day” in Alaska. WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is extremely vital for survival in times of crisis; and WHEREAS, as one of the world’s most seismically active regions, Alaska is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. Of the 20 […]
Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a commercial vehicle rollover on the Dalton Highway with a fatality on Thursday morning. After being contacted concerning the accident at 8:12 am, troopers responded to the location at mile 11 of the highway, AST opened an investigation into the incident. The preliminary investigation determined that 47-year-old Kendall Baukol […]
Anchorage police responded to the 5200-block of Caribou Avenue on Thursday morning in reference to a fatal accident involving a Blue Arctic Waste garbage truck driver they report. Witnesses to the accident administered CPR on the driver until medics arrived on the scene but he was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter. APD opened an investigation at […]
On March 10, 2021, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason of the District of Alaska sentenced Lee Screnock, 60, for misrepresenting hundreds of his own carvings as being made by an Alaska Native artist. This action is a felony violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (IACA), which prohibits false marketing of arts […]
The State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage today confirmed that the remains recovered from a structure fire on the 17th of March in Port Protection were those of the owner. Troopers were alerted to a fully engulfed structure fire on Wednesday before last at 11:30 am and responded to the location on Prince of Wales […]
APD reports that officers went to an address on the 500-block of Ocean Point Drive at 10:04 am on Wednesday to make contact with an individual who had three outstanding warrants for his address but had to bring in Crisis Negotiators when he did not comply and turn himself over to officers. Upon arrival, two […]
An Anchorage police officer on patrol on 5th Avenue on Monday spotted a green 2001 Subaru Impreza he believed to be the vehicle that had been stolen from the 1100-block of 11th Avenue 10 days prior. The officer had observed the vehicle as it pulled into a business parking lot on the 600-block of Fifth […]
Anchorage police report that they took an Anchorage man into custody on forgery and other charges after he attempted to cash a stolen check at the First National Bank on 36th Avenue on Monday afternoon. An employee at FNBA called Anchorage dispatch at 4:32 pm on Monday and informed them that a man had come […]
The Klawock Police called Alaska State Troopers at 427 pm on Sunday and requested there assistance regarding a Klawock man armed with a high-powered rifle that he had discharged while making threats, AST reported. AST responded along with Craig PD, and U.S.F.S officers to lend assistance to Klawock personnel. Troopers identified the suspect as 61-year-old […]