ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced Tuesday that Alaska will receive a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to process over 1,000 sexual assault kits in possession of the Alaska State Troopers (AST). This follows an inventory review conducted by the Governor’s Office and Troopers, which determined there are more than 3,000 […]
Troopers were informed of a elderly, deceased woman, who was found dead in her driveway in the front of her house on Timberline Drive on Sunday afternoon. The trooper investigation identified the woman as 74-year-old Pattie Cucinello of Wasilla. When troopers responded to the scene at 3:17 pm, their investigation suspected a fatal moose attack in […]
September 30, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker, Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack met this week with members of the Obama administration to request that Alaska remain in the five-year outer-continental shelf plan. Governor Walker and Commissioner Mack also met with the Ambassadors of Japan and Qatar […]
The trooper dispatch revealed the identities of the officers involved in the shooting incident that took place early Sunday morning. In that incident, suspect, Almando Abarca, was wounded in the shoulder after a car chase and exchange of gunfire. The officers were identified as Trooper Christopher Havens and Palmer Police Department officer Antonio Aldesperger. On Sunday morning, […]