JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a possible stroke victim Feb. 20 at Stoney River Lodge 200 miles west of Anchorage, about 30 miles east of the village of Sleetmute. Alaska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Keenan Zerkel, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center director, said the Alaska State […]
On Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers divulged the names of the three troopers and one Dillingham officer involved in the Thursday afternoon shooting that took place between them and a Dillingham driver who had been in an accident just prior. The names of the officers were released following the mandatory 72-hour waiting period prescribed by […]
At 1 pm on Thursday afternoon, Bethel-based troopers were alerted to a stolen white pickup truck driving erratically and headed to Bethel from Akiachak and troopers responded to locate the vehicle in Bethel, troopers reported. Troopers would successfully locate the vehicle in Bethel and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The driver of the purloined […]
A call reporting a vehicle in the ditch in Dillingham at 11:36 am on Thursday would ultimately result in an officer-involved shooting incident in that community and the investigation is ongoing, troopers report. The Dillingham Police Department was alerted of the vehicle in distress on Thursday morning and further told that the driver appeared to […]