Naknek, Alaska – In a move to make rural Alaskans safer, Governor Sean Parnell last week signed House Bill 199 into law, ensuring Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO) are able to carry a firearm. HB 199 was sponsored by Representative Bryce Edgmon. “This bill is about improving the safety of Alaskans and ensuring our VPSOs have the […]
Several State Trooper patrol units, including an Alaska State Trooper helicopter, and several Fairbanks Police Department patrol units were alerted, responded and actively began a search after a call went in to the AST dispatch center in Fairbanks reporting an assault and a child taken from the residence. When trooper units arrived at the residence, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a man in Gates of the Arctic National Park, July 21. The man had been rafting down the Kobuk River, northwest of Bettles, when his raft overturned, according to Capt. John Romspert, a controller with the Alaska […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The fifth annual Alaska State Troopers Adventure Relay across Alaska to benefit the Wish Upon The North Star charity starts in Fairbanks on July 24 and will end approximately 650 miles later in Seward on July 28. In between are 44 legs of hiking, biking, running, swimming, kayaking and river rafting to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A Soldier with the Alaska Army National Guard was mauled by a brown bear sow on JBER Sunday morning at about 11:45 a.m. while he was participating in a land navigation exercise. He is currently enrolled in the Alaska Army National Guard’s 22-day Warrior Leadership Course for junior enlisted Soldiers. […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young, on Monday commended the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for moving its 17 billionth barrel of Alaskan crude down the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) on Saturday, July 19, 2014: “This weekend, the 17 billionth barrel of oil entered the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) to make its 800 […]
During the Early morning hours of Monday at 5:20 am, troopers responded to a call reporting injured persons at a residence on Pioneer Peak Drive. Troopers responded to the scene in Wasilla to find one person deceased from stab wounds and another suffering from life-threatening wounds. The critically injured adult male was transported by EMS […]
On late Monday afternoon, the Alaska State Troopers anounced that they were suspending their participation in the search for 21-year-old Brevig Mission man Clarence Ray Olanna. They will not pick up the search for Olanna unless new leads are uncovered or new information is received. Olanna went missing one week ago today, he was last […]
Strontium is a trace element and mineral people use to make glow-in-the-dark paints and toothpaste for sensitive teeth. In research for his college degree, Sean Brennan used strontium’s unique qualities to track salmon in an Alaska river. At Brennan’s Ph.D. defense at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, advisor Matthew Wooller praised Brennan’s ambitious plan and his […]