On August 10th, the people of St. Lawrence Island celebrate St. Lawrence Day, named for the day that Danish explorer, under the flag of Russia, Vitus Bering, visited the island on August 10th, 1728. According to history, St Lawrence Island is the first place in Alaska visited by Europeans. Bering did not set foot on […]
Anchorage police located and arrested an Anchorage man on several charges on Monday morning after a single-vehicle crash at Karluk and 11th Avenue at 1:30 am, APD reports. Police arrived at the scene to find a maroon GMC Arcadia laying on its driver’s side after it apparently crashed into a green pole at the […]
Cordova Street between 9th and 10th Avenues was closed for an extended period following a fatal pedestrian collision just after noon on Wednesday. APD announced that they are investigating the death of 40-year-old Paul Winter, who was rollerblading on the sidewalk between 9th and 10th on Cordova at 12:07 pm. According to the report, at […]