ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Contractor Mark Welty, d/b/a North Country Services, has withdrawn his contest of $280,000 in fines assessed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The department cited him for hazards leading to the workplace death of his employee, Nicholson Tinker. Mr. Welty unlawfully claimed that Mr. Tinker as an “independent contractor” rather […]
Troopers arrested an Anchor Point man after a burglary in progress report near that community on Saturday night, the trooper dispatch revealed. When troopers responded to the scene, they made contact with the suspect, who refused to identify himself and proceeded to fight with the trooper until he was tazed. After he was taken into […]
At 11:26 am late Sunday morning, MatCom in Wasilla received a 911 call reporting a rollover accident near mile 31.5, troopers revealed on Sunday evening. Troopers responded to the scene to discover the driver and passenger in the vehicle, suffering from injuries. The driver, 35-year-old Faith Igkurak, the investigation determined, had been thrown from her […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to mile 42 of the Seward Highway on Friday morning after receiving a report of an accident there, to find a gray GMC pickup damaged by a collision, but found no sign of the other vehicle involved in the crash, troopers reported. A short time later, troopers located the white SUV […]