Alaska State Troopers revealed on Tuesday that after a 36-hour operation beginning on Thursday night, two skiers were successfully lifted out of Hatcher Pass by an Alaska National Guard helicopter. Troopers were notified at approximately 10 pm on March 10th that there was an injured skier at the Seth Holden Hut in Hatcher Pass and […]
According to the trooper dispatch, at 10:46 am on Saturday, Alaska Wildlife Troopers received a report of an injured snowmachiner in Hatcher Pass near mile 15 of the Palmer-Fishhook Road. AWT says the initial report indicated the snowmachiner, identified as 40-year-old Kevin Unks was with a party that had traversed two avalanche-laden areas before Unks […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they took two suspects in custody on several charges of Theft II on Saturday evening after receiving calls from multiple individuals that the suspects were going through mailboxes and taking mail in the Wasilla area late Saturday afternoon. At 4:37 pm on Saturday, AST was alerted by a citizen in […]
At 10:59 am on Saturday morning, a 5.1 magnitude quake struck the Cook Inlet region of Southcentral Alaska. The shaker was located 26 miles to the west of Nikiski on the western shores of the inlet.\The earthquake was generated at a depth of 54.9 miles and was felt throughout the southcentral region. While the jolt […]