JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel. Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, said officials of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital requested assistance when a pregnant […]
WASHINGTON — A passenger turboprop airplane overran a runway because its braking system was compromised by incorrectly wired anti-skid sensors, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a public meeting Tuesday. On Oct. 17, 2019, PenAir flight 3296, a Saab SA-2000, overran the runway during a landing attempt in Unalaska. The airplane crashed through the […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a rollover of a GMC truck at mile 5 of the Boundary Road near Klawock at 11:30 am on Tuesday morning, AST reported. Upon arrival, troopers would find 23-year-old Keegan Bovee had perished in the accident. He was declared deceased at the scene. The preliminary investigation at the scene determined […]
AST says that a child was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage after being run over by a vehicle on the Alaska Highway on Monday evening. Troopers received the report of the incident at 6:39 pm on Sunday. According to the investigation, five children were sitting on the tailgate of a truck […]