JUNEAU, Alaska — The network issue that was causing intermittent communication outages across the entirety of Southeast Alaska was resolved on Friday. Repairs are ongoing, but due to extreme weather and remote locations, intermittent outages are expected to continue in various locations. Sites that the U.S. Coast Guard are still unable to receive communications from or […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Hickory crewmembers delivered pallets of water to the remote community of Angoon, Alaska, on Sunday, after the residents experienced waterline failures. The cutter crew loaded four pallets of water onto the ship with each pallet containing 1,700 bottles and delivered the supplies to Angoon Sunday evening. Along with the nearly […]
A call from a man in Eagle River reporting a sawed-off shotgun-wielding suspect who pointed the weapon at him prompted an immediate response by APD officers at 4:01 pm on Tuesday. The caller reported that he was in a GMC truck and was being followed by the suspect who was in a white van. Responding […]
Anchorage police were alerted of a prowler by a caller on Brentwood Drive at 1:07 am on Monday morning and responded to the 7900-block of that location to investigate, AAPD says. The caller told police that they saw the suspect looking into several homes in the area and provided a description of the suspect’s vehicle. […]
Anchorage police report that they have arrested both suspects involved in the January 18th shooting of an individual in an 8th Avenue business parking lot. After receiving a report of the shooting at 3:12 am on January 18th, APD responded to the location where they found the victim suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to […]
On Monday, Ketchikan-based troopers divulged that they had gotten a call reporting a kidnapping. 46-year-old Joshua Grootonk called into the trooper post and reported that his 17-year-old daughter had been kidnapped. But, while Grootonk was on the phone with troopers, his daughter walked into the trooper building and disclosed to troopers that she, in fact, […]
A call reporting an overturned snowmachine on West Poppy Lane in Soldotna at 1:07 am on Sunday morning prompted a response from Alaska State Troopers. The caller added that the driver of the snow machine appeared to be intoxicated and was walking away from the accident along the road. Upon arrival, troopers were able to […]
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) reminded taxpayers Friday to file accurate tax returns and choose a tax preparer wisely. The nation’s tax season started Friday, when the agency began accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns. U.S. persons are subject to tax on worldwide income from all sources. Most taxpayers […]
Early on Saturday morning a trooper on patrol in Nikiski spotted an erratic driver and attempted to pull him over on a moving violation. But, the driver, instead of pulling over, attempted to elude the officer. Spike strips were deployed, but the driver, later identified as 62-year-old Robert Keldson, attempted to drive around the device […]