ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two people from a helicopter that crashed near the Dutch Harbor Airport on Unalaska Island Friday afternoon. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center received a 406 megahertz personal locator beacon activation from a R22 Robinson helicopter. The beacon was plotted in a position approximately […]
Remains discovered in the Knik River Road area have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for autopsy, but, investigators believe that the remains are those of Dave Grunwald, missing since mid-November. Details in the cause of death have yet to be determined, but State Troopers have arrested a 16-year-old teen in […]
DILLINGHAM, AK – Thursday afternoon, nearly 1,300 Alaskans delivered comments to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) concerning the potential for the Pebble Limited Partnership to continue business as usual in Bristol Bay. Yesterday was the final day of an open comment period concerning the Pebble developer’s Miscellaneous Land Use Permits (MLUP) renewal application, […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – U.S. Army Alaska welcomed home about 125 soldiers from the 109th Transportation Company Dec. 1 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center here. The “Muleskinners” of the 109th deployed to Kuwait in March. This deployment was the 109th’s sixth since 2003, but the first to Kuwait. The unit previously deployed […]