On Wednesday night, Soldotna-based Alaska State troopers attempted to pull over the driver of a 1999 Volkswagen traveling on Gaswell Road who was known by troopers to have an outstanding arrest warrant, but instead of stopping the driver sped off. The driver of the vehicle, identified by troopers as Dakota Lynn McAdoo, age 25, took troopers on […]
Law enforcement officials in North Dakota have officially cleared the site of the Dakota Pipeline Access protests, arresting a few dozen activists who had refused to leave the encampment. Most of the protesters had left the Oceti Sakowin camp before the Wednesday evacuation deadline. On Thursday, officers methodically checked buildings and arrested anyone they encountered, […]
Work resumed Thursday on the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline in the north central U.S., while an Indian tribe went to court again in a last-minute effort to stop the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had given the go-ahead Wednesday for the work to continue. President Donald Trump ordered the project completed […]
Angoon EMS reported a fatality in a vehicle accident on Killisnoo Road on Sunday evening. According to the report, EMS responded to a Vehicle in Distress call to find one occupant of the vehicle dead at the scene. The driver, and one other occupant suffered injuries. The Trooper Dispatch reported that a 72-year-old Juneau resident […]