JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew located three hunters overdue since Friday, on the south side of Chenega Island in Prince William Sound, Monday afternoon. After spotting their 20-foot vessel and a flag on the beach, the Jayhawk crew was able to land, embark the men, and safely transport them […]
A Bethel man’s remains were recovered after an incident involving six family members that went through the ice near the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Gweek Rivers between Bethel and Akiachak on Sunday night. Troopers received a report of the emergency on the river from the Bethel Police Department at 9:57 pm on Sunday night. […]
According to APD, within the first minutes of ringing in the new year, Alaska’s largest city tallied up its first homicide. Police received a call of shots fired at 12:16 am on Monday morning and responded to the scene at 4th and D Street to discover an “adult male victim with multiple gunshot wounds,”APD reported on […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker announced today that he has appointed Craig Richards to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees. The governor-appointed board is composed of six trustees who manage the corporation’s policies. The board includes four public members, the Commissioner of Revenue, and an additional cabinet member of the governor’s choosing. Mr. […]