October 4th, 1911
Covid-19 Pandemic Sees Increased Consults for Alcohol-related Gi and Liver Diseases
Bethesda, MD (May 14, 2021) — Inpatient consults for alcohol-related gastrointestinal (GI) and liver diseases have surged since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated, according to research selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2021. The proportion of patients that required inpatient endoscopic interventions for their alcohol-related GI and liver diseases […]
Tetlin Man Arrested on Alcohol Importation Friday
Alaska State Trooper responded to Tetlin Village Road on Friday evening after receiving a report that a man there was attempting to import alcohol into the village. When they arrived, they made contact with 50-year-old Darin Mark laying in the roadway. Their investigation into Mark would find that he was on conditions of release that […]
Head-On Parks Highway Collision Lands Three in Hospital with Serious Injuries Friday Night
Alaska State Troopers say that the investigation into a headon collision that took place late Friday night on the Parks Highway injuring three is continuing. AST reports that they were notified of the collision at 11:46 pm on Friday night and responded to the location at mile 118 of the Parks Highway near Trapper Creek […]
Governor Dunleavy Appoints Klinkhart As Director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office
March 1, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy today appointed Glen Klinkhart as the Director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO). Klinkhart has been serving as the interim director since November of 2019. “I want to thank Glen for his proactive approach in finding solutions with the public, the licensees, the boards, […]
December 31st, 1917
Pilot in August’s Goat Mountain Crash was Extremely Over Alcohol Limit
The National Transportation Board announced that the toxicology report on Charles Weimer, the pilot of the August 4th crash intoGoat Mountain confirms what the NTSB suspected and Weimer had a reported five and a half times the legal limit of alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. “We had some indicators […]
Five-Year-Old Boy Dies in Hospital after being Pinned under Vehicle in Old Glenn Highway Accident
Alaska State Troopers report that the child pinned under the vehicle in the single-vehicle accident on the Old Glenn Highway on Saturday evening succumbed to his injuries on Sunday evening. At 6:45 pm on Saturday evening troopers responded to the Old Glenn Highway at Smith Road after receiving a report of an accident involving […]
Anchorage Man Charged with Robbery after Stealing Booze and Assaulting Brown Jug Employees
Anchorage police responded to the Brown Jug Liquor Store at 525 West Fireweed Lane just before midnight on Tuesday after receiving a report of a robbery with injuries. When they arrived at the store, they learned that the suspect, later identified as 32-year-old Antoine Moss, walked into the store, took a bottle of alcohol, […]