A driver of a vehicle seen driving recklessly by troopers in the Wasilla Walmart parking lot on Tuesday racked up multiple charges after a high-speed chase and a crash, troopers reported on Wednesday. At 11:22 pm, an AST officer on patrol spotted a driving recklessly in the parking lot and attempted to stop the driver, […]
(Fairbanks) — Counting caribou in Alaska’s largest herds has become more effective, thanks to a pair of newly acquired digital aerial camera systems. The systems replace World War II-era black-and-white film cameras previously used since the 1970s and enabled biologists last summer to pinpoint numbers for the Porcupine, Fortymile, Central Arctic, Teshekpuk, and Western Arctic […]
A Talkeetna man who had “barged” into a Big Lake house, intoxicated, and was causing a disturbance, was arrested on additional charges following an investigation by AST, the trooper dispatch revealed on Wednesday morning. An early morning call at 3:05 am on Wednesday found that 54-year-old John B. Wilson had gone into the home thinking […]
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 […]