August 22, 2019 (Anchorage, AK) – Finding the defendant to be “a clear and present danger to society,” Anchorage Superior Court Judge Erin Marston imposed a sentence of 30 years on 31-year-old Pagopago Lelilio, convicted of firing a gun at officers as they tried to take him into custody. In October 2018, an Anchorage jury […]
Patrol officers responded to conduct a welfare check on the occupants of a home on the 1800-block of Atkinson Drive in Nunaka Valley at 2:46 am after receiving a call of a neighbor hearing a domestic disturbance, APD reported on Thursday morning. When they arrived at the scene, the officers could also hear the disturbance, […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A USARAK Soldier has died in from injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. Sgt. Timothy Scott Woods II was severely injured Saturday, Aug. 17, when the motorcycle he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a guardrail along the Glenn Highway near the […]
(WILLOW) – Alaska’s unusually volatile and prolonged wildfire season this year has extended into hunting season, creating challenges for firefighting crews and hunters alike. Of particular concern are popular game management units along the highway system between Homer and Talkeetna where several wildfires are currently burning even as moose hunting seasons open. “With general-hunt […]