ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Contractor Mark Welty, d/b/a North Country Services, has withdrawn his contest of $280,000 in fines assessed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The department cited him for hazards leading to the workplace death of his employee, Nicholson Tinker. Mr. Welty unlawfully claimed that Mr. Tinker as an “independent contractor” rather […]
A Kake man was arrested and remanded to the Lemon Creek Correctional Center to await arraignment after an incident that involved weapons in that island community early Thursday morning, troopers divulged on Thursday night. Troopers received a call reporting a shots-fired at a construction company man camp trailer at the Kake Trailer Court area at […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Melvin C. McLaurin of Chicago was identified as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee killed in a construction accident June 19 at North Pole. McLaurin worked as an engineering equipment operator lead with the Corps’ Chicago District. He was on a temporary assignment in support of the Corps’ Alaska […]
Troopers and EMS rushed to the scene after a report went in of an unresponsive man on the ground at a residence on Wasilla-Fishhook Road on Friday. When troopers and EMS arrived at the scene, they found 42-year-old Vyacheslav Palko dead from injuries. The investigation found that Palko died as the result of injuries sustained […]