CORDOVA – Tuesday, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Alaska State Director for Rural Development Jerry Ward announced USDA has invested $18.88 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for nearly 270 rural households in Yakutat. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot […]
(PALMER) – A Wasilla couple wanted on charges related to a large-scale mail theft investigation turned themselves in Monday evening to Alaska State Troopers in Palmer. Brittany and Jacob Melton, both 34, entered the lobby of the Trooper post in Palmer shortly after 7:00 p.m. and were taken into custody. The Meltons had warrants for […]
A large police force converged on the Black Angus Inn on Gambell Street on Tuesday afternoon to investigate a shooting report that quickly turned into a homicide investigation according to APD. Police responded to the local hotel at 3:15 pm on Tuesday after receiving a report of a shooting there. When they arrived they found […]
A Soldotna man would have a self-fulfilling dream during the early morning hours on Monday. At 4:48 am, 50-year-old Patrick Mahan called into trooper dispatch to report that he had just awoke from a bad dream and needed help. Troopers responded to Mahan’s address in Soldotna after finding that Mahan had an active arrest warrant […]