On Last Tuesday August 18 at about 1:30 in the afternoon, the Anchorage Police Department (APD) responded to a multi-unit residential facility in the 200 block of East 9th Avenue following reports of an armed, suicidal adult female. Responding officers were informed that the woman was armed with a firearm and had been pointing it […]
(Soldotna) – In late September and early October 2025, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) translocated 19 Sitka black-tailed deer (14 does and 5 bucks) from Sitkinak Island to the south end of the Kenai Peninsula near Port Chatham. Deer were held in a soft release pen for a short time and monitored […]
On Tuesday, at about 2:40 p.m., a bear attack involving an adult female near Bells Flats was reported to Kodiak police. Alaska State Troopers and EMS personnel responded to the area. According to a preliminary investigation, the woman had been walking her dog alongside a salmon stream when she came upon a sow bear with […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 18, 2026. When the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received the request for assistance, […]