Alaska‘s largest caribou herd, the Western Arctic Herd (WAH), numbered about 235,000 animals as of July 2013, according to a census recently completed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). That’s down from 325,000 caribou estimated in the 2011 census, and down from the peak of 490,000 animals in 2003. “Caribou numbers fluctuate […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Kotzebue responded to a report of shooting in the community of Ambler on Saturday afternoon. After responding to the scene, speaking with witnesses and investigating the call, the trooper investigation revealed that 34-year-old Harry Moreno of Ambler had shot at the VPO in the community through the door. It was […]
Troopers responded to the scene of a vehicle roll-over on the Knik River streambed near Jim Creek early Saturday morning to find that an Anchorage man had died when the truck another was driving, rolled and crushed him under it. Troopers identified the man as 23-year-old Shawn Bounds of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Troopers identified the driver as […]
Alaska State Troopers say a Ketchikan man is in jail on charges of Arson II, Assault III (DV), and Reckless Driving after receiving numerous 911 calls on SUnday afternoon. Troopers responded to a residence on Heron Lane to investigate disturbance calls in regards to a home there. Ketchikan-based troopers conducted an investigation there and the […]