On Sunday, the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad notified Alaska State troopers in Ketchikan that while conducting training exercises on Deer Mountain, they discovered the remains of 22-year-old Justin Nathan, a hiker who had gone missing and was last seen on November 11, 2015 as he was descending the mountain. Nathan had been hiking with a […]
What remained of the rotting ice on the Tanana River pushed the Nenana Ice Classic tripod downriver, tripping the clock at precisely 3:39 pm Alaska Standard time on Saturday, bringing to an end another year of spring break-up tradition in Alaska. When the ice began to move on Saturday afternoon, it moved quickly displacing the rotting […]
Investigators are still working to determine the cause of a small fire at the Tobacco Distress Inc building near mile 91.5 of the Sterling Highway that occurred on Thursday night, the trooper dispatch revealed on Friday. Troopers and fire crews from the Central Emergency Services responded to the scene at 11:29 pm on Thursday night […]
NEAR MILLER CREEK — Crouching amid scratchy spruce branches and surrounded by feet of snow, Amir Allam jabs half-frozen soil with the spikey base of a white cylinder. The seismologist twists the 6-pound seismometer to orient it northward. Then he clicks a cable to a magnetic connection on top. “Starting operation,” says a tinny voice […]