This winter a fire destroyed a public works building in Anaktuvuk Pass also destroying the electrical system that powers the runway’s lighting system. In the winter, no runway lights means no access to outside emergency medical care and medevacs during the long dark nights – a potentially dangerous situation. The fire raged in the early […]
When an alarm was triggered at the Brown Jug at 4140 Old Seward Highway on Sunday, police units responded to the scene to find that one of the loading bay garage doors was open. Police set a perimeter and entered the business to clear the area. After clearing the basement and the first floor, officers […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska –The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday night for a man reported missing from a 16-foot red skiff in Passage Canal near Whittier, Alaska. Multiple Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, a Coast Guard Station Valdez boatcrew and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mustang searched a 10 square-mile area in Passage Canal and Whittier Harbor for […]
The search for a southwest Alaska man who was reported overdue by his family on Sunday afternoon is continuing. 26-year-old Jazmin James took off on a snowmachine on Saturday from Nunapitchuk bound for Tununak. Residents in Nightmute were the last to see him when he made a brief stop there before continuing on to Toksook Bay and […]