(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in late March. The Boundary Spur, also known as the Top of the World Highway, remains closed until […]
The State-Wide Emergency Response Team responded to the community of Togiak on Monday morning to take over operations at a barricade scenario that had been playing out since Sunday, the troopers report. On Sunday morning at 10:30 m pm, troopers were informed of a firearm incident in Togiak. It was reported at that time that 22-year-old Michael […]
A Wasilla man spent six hours trapped in his over-turned vehicle at mile 17 of Point Mackenzie Road in Wasilla before anyone noticed the accident down the embankment on Saturday, troopers reported. 41-year-old Wasilla resident Michael Chadwick, while traveling on that road, drove off of the roadway and down an embankment, where his 1995 Ford […]
After locating a kayak belonging to missing Sitka man, 40-year-old Jesse Mills, but no other sign of him, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for him that has been on-going since he was reported missing on Thursday morning. According to the Coast Guard, Mill’s kayak was found on Kaniana Island approximately four miles from Sitka. […]