Back-to-back records: ANC expects strong numbers again in 2021 More than 3.48 million tons of air cargo landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in 2020, a 16% increase over the record setting volumes in 2019. “The tremendous surge in cargo volumes through ANC has been fueled by an increase in e-commerce, PPE, and displaced […]
Anchorage police responded to the intersection of Tanglewood Place and Milky Way Drive after receiving a call reporting a driver slumped over the wheel of his running vehicle and would not wake up. Officers arrived at the scene and blocked in the white Ford F-150 front and back before rousing the driver who was still […]
Troopers report that after efforts that spanned three days, the remains of an Anchorage man who broke through the ice on Hewitt Lake while driving a snowcat has finally been recovered. On Friday, troopers were alerted that 57-year-old Scott Gagne broke through the ice on the lake near Skwentna at approximately 4:30 pm. The Alaska […]
On Monday afternoon, after receiving a report of a deceased male on the Barbara Falls Trail, troopers hiked up the trail and responded to the scene. When they arrived, they found the victim, 51-year-old Kenneth Lukin dead from suspected cold weather exposure. Troopers do not believe that foul play was involved. Wildlife troopers would later […]