Alaska State Troopers revealed the name of the avalanche victim who died near the Nelchina Glacier on Saturday as 50-year-old Randy Pratt of Anchorage, the trooper dispatch reported on Sunday. It was early afternoon on Saturday that Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers from Glennallen responded to a report of an avalanche with victims […]
Alaska State Troopers rescued a hypothermic man from the side of the Steese Highway on Monday night, the trooper dispatch reports. AST received a call of a possibly intoxicated man sitting along-side the Steese Highway near mile 48 at 9:43 pm on Monday night. It was reported that the man was wearing wet clothing, was […]
The U.S. Justice Department revealed on Friday that Fairbanks resident and former First Chief and Tribal Administrator of the Healy Lake Tribe, 60-year-old JoAnne Polston, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for “converting federal government and tribal funds to her own use.” According to DOJ, Polston “was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline […]
Alaska State Troopers say they have caused “a major disruption to the illegal distribution of narcotics,” and recovered a several stolen items in the Tok area, after a drug raid on a suspected dealer on Tuesday. After Tok troopers requested assistance in a drug case from SDEU, surveillance was conducted and warrants requested for a […]