A Wasilla man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Wasilla on Thursday evening in Wasilla according to reports. Troopers in Wasilla responded to the scene at the intersection of Summit Circle and Wasilla-Fishhook Road after receiving notification of a single vehicle crash with injuries at 6:39 pm on Thursday, troopers report. The investigation […]
US customs officials escorted a Mexican national who was serving as a crew member aboard the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium in preparation of deporting him back to Mexico, the trooper dispatch reports. After an investigation following a call at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, Ketchikan-based Alaska State Troopers with the assistance of U.S. Customs, escorted the Mexican […]
The record heat that is baking Alaska is poised to smash a host of climate records in 2016, including the earliest snowmelt date at NOAA’s Barrow Observatory, the northernmost point in the nation. Staff at the observatory reported snowmelt occurred May 13, the earliest snowmelt date in 73 years of record-keeping, beating the previous mark set in […]
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds travellers transiting through Canada to and from Alaska to declare any firearms in their possession to a CBSA officer when entering Canada. Failure to declare firearms may result in criminal prosecution in a court of law. Last year, CBSA officers in Western Canada seized 297 undeclared firearms, and […]