The Swan Lake Fire area near Cooper Landing became increasingly active Monday crossing Resurrection Pass Trail at Slaughter Ridge. The Great Basin Incident Management Team which is managing the fire, in coordination with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management, has changed the evacuation alert to LEVEL 2 (SET) in all areas of […]
Fire crews around the state continue to fight wildfires from the interior to the Kenai Peninsula. McKinley Fire The McKinley Fire near mile 88 of the Parks Highway increased in intensity and has burned at least 50 structures and emergency responders work diligently to evacuate residents in the area from mile 82 to 91 […]
One driver suffered serious injuries after being involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle in Cooper Landing on Sunday afternoon troopers reported. Troopers responded to mile 48 of the Sterling Highway following a report of a serious crash at 3:12 pm on Sunday afternoon and found that one man, 63-year-old Dennis D Brandenburger had suffered […]
A large rock fell off of a construction vehicle traveling in the construction zone near mile 58.7 of the Sterling Highway on Thursday afternoon killing an eight-year-old boy, troopers are reporting. Troopers responded to the scene on the Sterling Highway 10 miles from Cooper Landing at 1:23 pm on Thursday after receiving a report that a volleyball-sized rock had […]