Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell on Wednesday named Curtis Thayer acting commissioner for the Department of Administration. Thayer currently serves as deputy commissioner for Administration and fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Becky Hultberg.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the cause of the crash of the Cessna 208B Caravan crash that took place on the outskirts of St. Marys on November 29th.
Early Sunday morning, Alaska State Troopers received a call reporting a sexual assault at the Williwaw subdivision in Wasilla.
After searching for 23-year-old Brandon Timpke since late November, the wanted man was apprehended on Thursday after troopers received tips as to the man's whereabouts in Kodiak.