This Day in Alaska History-October 12th, 1930
Pave Hawk Rescues Two from Aircraft Flip on Strandline Lake
During the early morning hours on Sunday wildlife troopers were alerted to an aircraft crash by the Rescue Coordination Center. RCC told troopers that they had responded to the Beluga Lake area for an ELT activation to find an aircraft flipped on its roof. The aircraft, a Piper PA-18, was located flipped upside down on […]
Army identifies soldiers killed in vehicle accident
Headquarters, 11th Airborne Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson – The Army has released the names of the two soldiers killed in a single military vehicle accident Monday, Oct. 2, in the Yukon Training Area near Salcha, Alaska. Spc. Jeremy Daniel Evans and Spc. Brian Joshua Snowden of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade […]
Anchor Point Woman Causes Elderly Driver to Crash on Old Sterling Highway
Troopers were alerted of a crash and responded to the scene at 12:30 on Thursday afternoon and opened an investigation. During the investigation at the Luke Street scene troopers found that as Homer resident, 81-year-old Helena Buchman was driving, her passenger, 40-year-old Rosemarie Buchman, “grabbed her by the hair and pulled Helena’s head down,” AST […]