JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured snowmachiner May 23 near Whittier, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AK RCC) around 8:15 p.m. on May 23 to request hoist capable assets to rescue an injured snowmachiner that Whittier Fire and Rescue personnel […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Friday that they have arrested a 19-year-old Kodiak High School volunteer volleyball team student manager on multiple sex-related charges after opening a week-long investigation in Kodiak. According to the Kodiak-based AST investigation, Vince Jay Barcelon Deliguin “sexually assaulted a minor multiple times over the course of a year.” Deliguin blackmailed […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Task Force for suspected child exploitation offenses. According to court documents, Timothy Swensen, Jr., age 29, is charged by information with violations related to the alleged production, distribution and possession of child pornography. Swensen was previously […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – National Guard Civil Support Team units from twelve states, along with partnering local, state, and federal agencies and organizations, totaling approximately 250 people, participated in Exercise ORCA 2021 at various training locations in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and Seward, May 17-20. Exercise ORCA 2021 was designed to allow all participants to respond […]