A driver in Anchorage, who picked up a hitch-hiker on Sunday, fell victim to his rider, the Anchorage Police Department revealed on Tuesday morning. According to the police. the victim reported picking up 25-year-old Brendon Wesley Adam Valdez near 36th and Dorbrandt Street at approximately 9 pm on Sunday night. The victim then proceeded to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four individuals after their float-plane crashed during takeoff from a body of water near Mirror Lake, south of Iliamna, Aug. 8. According to Staff Sgt. Katie Magnuson, a controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard hosted what was most likely their first-ever community event off base when they deactivated the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and activated the 297th Regional Support Group during a Saturday ceremony at the Delaney Park Strip located in downtown Anchorage. Additionally, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed the […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they have re-arrested a Wasilla man who escaped hospital staff at the end of July. Troopers responded to a call reporting a suspicious male near mile 5 of KGB Road at 4:24 am on Saturday morning. When they arrived, they found that the man was 33-year-old John Linebaugh, who had […]