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 […]
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 […]
Alaska State Troopers have confirmed the identity of the pilot and sole occupant involved in a fatal crash northeast of St. Mary’s as Bethel resident Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr, The husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and former regional director of the Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs. Peltola’s Piper Super Cub went down shortly after […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued a plane crash survivor approximately 35 miles northwest of Juneau, Sunday. Sector Southeast Alaska command center personnel launched an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Air Station Sitka at 5:38 p.m. to respond to the last known position of an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) alert near Excursion Inlet. At 7:05 […]