A boating accident involving a drowning near Pilot Station was reported to the Alaska State Troopers at approximately 11:30 pm on Monday night. According to the trooper report, 20-year-old Derek Sipary, 24-year-old Noel Tinker, and 25-year-old Thaddeos Riley, all of Pitka’s Point, had gone out on a moose-hunting trip near Pilot Station. While on their […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four individuals after their float-plane crashed during takeoff from a body of water near Mirror Lake, south of Iliamna, Aug. 8. According to Staff Sgt. Katie Magnuson, a controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the […]
WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) today announced its endorsement of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Don Young in their reelection bids this fall for the United States Senate and House of Representatives. “Thanks to Sen. Murkowski and Rep. Young’s hard work on behalf of America’s civil servants, we at AFGE […]
13 people were injured and transported to medical facilities by air and ground ambulances in a two vehicle collision on the Richardson Highway on Sunday the trooper dispatch reported on Monday. The report went on to say that troopers opened an investigation into the Sunday morning crash and found that at 10:49 am, a 1994 […]