ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker on Tuesday signed Administrative Order No. 292, establishing the Governor’s Commuter Rail Advisory Task Force. The nine-member group is being formed to determine the feasibility of a commuter rail service connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Right now, an average of 50,000 drivers commute daily on the lone ground transportation […]
Officers arrested a driver suspected of operating under the influence after an accident at Northern Lights and A Street early Thursday, APD revealed. Police responded to the location after receiving a report of a vehicle/pedestrian collision and opened an investigation. It was found that 29-year-old James Combs-Franklin while driving a 2005 Dodge Stratus, hit a […]
It was announced by the Department of Justice, that an Anchorage man, identified as 36-year-old Spresim Alimi was sentenced in Federal Court on the conviction of possession with the intent to distribute Oxycodone on Tuesday. According to U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder, Alimi, the owner of Alpina Auto, used his business as a front to distribute […]
A driver of a vehicle seen driving recklessly by troopers in the Wasilla Walmart parking lot on Tuesday racked up multiple charges after a high-speed chase and a crash, troopers reported on Wednesday. At 11:22 pm, an AST officer on patrol spotted a driving recklessly in the parking lot and attempted to stop the driver, […]