Anchorage, AK—Today, Representative Peltola was joined by Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator, to announce $100 million in new funding for broadband projects in Alaska. The funding is being delivered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s ReConnect program to three […]
An Iowa man recreating at the Lake Clark National Park with his son was declared deceased in a mishap at the base of the Tanalian Waterfall on Saturday afternoon. AST was informed of the incident at 2:14 pm on Saturday. According to the investigation, two people, a 21-year-old and his father, 47-year-old Matthew Burns, were […]
AST received a call reporting a fatal shooting in the community of Alakanuk early in the morning on Tuesday. As a result of the 1:03 am call, troopers from nearby Emmonak responded and opened a preliminary investigation. Upon arrival, 20-year-old Kobe Cook was found dead at the local clinic from multiple gunshot wounds. The Alaska […]
Alaska State Troopers released the names of Saturday’s Dillingham murder victims as well as the suspect in the killings on Monday. According to the AST report. a community member in Dillingham discovered two other residents, later identified as 31-year-old Timothy Evans and 32-year-old Jennifer Gardiner, deceased at a residence near the Dillingham airport at 10 am […]