JUNEAU, Alaska – A Juneau man was sentenced yesterday to two and a half years in prison and five years’ supervised release for stealing over $579,000 from three banks and two federal credit unions while serving as an armed transport guard. According to court documents, Austin Nolan Dwight Rutherford, 29, was an armed transport guard […]
On Friday the Department of Public Safety announced the recovery of another victim’s remains from the deadly Wasilla landslide. According to the report, at 4:25 pm on Thursday, Wrangell Search and Rescue volunteers and an excavator were able to recover the remains of 65-year-old Otto Florschutz after a Wrangell Search and Rescue K9 detected the […]
Individuals and families with damages or emergency expenses encouraged to apply. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ALASKA – The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) will be accepting applications for the State Individual Assistance and Temporary Housing programs for those with damages or emergency expenses related to the 2023 Wrangell and Coffman Cove landslides. […]
On Sunday the Department of Public Safety announced that on Saturday the remains of a fourth victim of Wrangell’s horrific landslide had been recovered from the debris of the slide at mile 11 of the Zimovia Highway. At 6:35 pm on Saturday evening, a Scent Detection K-9 indicated the location of remains in an area […]