Alaska State Troopers thwarted a burglary in progress after receiving a call from the employee of a construction company on Sunday morning, the trooper dispatch revealed. According to the report, AST received a 911 call reporting a burglary in progress at 8:06 am on Sunday morning, after an employee saw observed the suspects on the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Contractor Mark Welty, d/b/a North Country Services, has withdrawn his contest of $280,000 in fines assessed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.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 […]