Back-to-back records: ANC expects strong numbers again in 2021 More than 3.48 million tons of air cargo landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in 2020, a 16% increase over the record setting volumes in 2019. “The tremendous surge in cargo volumes through ANC has been fueled by an increase in e-commerce, PPE, and displaced […]
Anchorage police responded to the intersection of Tanglewood Place and Milky Way Drive after receiving a call reporting a driver slumped over the wheel of his running vehicle and would not wake up. Officers arrived at the scene and blocked in the white Ford F-150 front and back before rousing the driver who was still […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard issued a violation to a commercial fishing boat near Kodiak Island. A boarding team from Cutter Chandeleur discovered eight allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard vessel Currency about 12 miles west of Cape Barnabas. The violation reflected a seasonal closure for halibut. Chandeleur’s boarding team seized the halibut and handed them […]
Troopers report that after efforts that spanned three days, the remains of an Anchorage man who broke through the ice on Hewitt Lake while driving a snowcat has finally been recovered. On Friday, troopers were alerted that 57-year-old Scott Gagne broke through the ice on the lake near Skwentna at approximately 4:30 pm. The Alaska […]