(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – While the official St. Patrick’s Day is Monday, March 17, the Alaska State Troopers will ramp up enforcement efforts from March 14 through March 18. Alaska State Troopers patrol units, alongside the Bureau of Highway Patrol troopers, will be working extra hours and focusing their efforts on curbing impaired and dangerous driving.
February temperatures were mixed throughout the month across the state, with nine of the 20 first order stations reporting positive deviations and eleven recording negative deviations. The month began with warmer than normal temperatures. After the first week, though, temperatures dipped below normal for two weeks.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety has released additional information in the shooting of the suspected DUI driver on the Seward Meridian Highway that occurred on Sunday night.
Details are scant on an Officer-Involved shooting that took place near the Seward Meridian Highway last night at 9:07 pm.