Alaska State Troopers and Wasilla police responded to a Wasilla address at 4 am on Monday morning after receiving a call that someone had been shot. When the officers arrived, they found that a victim had been wounded by gunfire. They identified the victim as 43-year-old Christina Jackson. Lifesaving measured were administered but were ultimately […]
Troopers responded to a structure fire reported outside of the fire protection area on the 5100-block of Chena Hot Springs Road at 4:15 am to find the structure fully engulfed AST reports. Interviews with friends and neighbors said that the homeowner of the single story structure was the sole occupant. They also told troopers that […]
It was on July 22nd, 1902 that Felix Perdoni, an Italian immigrant, better known to history as Felix Pedro, would secure his place in Alaska history when he discovered gold one a small tributary of Cleary Creek. That discovery in the Tanacross Hills northeast of present-day Fairbanks would spark a full-fledged gold rush. The gold […]
An Alutiiq legend has joined the ancestors. The board and staff of the Alutiiq Heritage Foundation & Alutiiq Museum are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Margaret Agnguarta Roberts (1948– 2022), the chair of the Alutiiq Heritage Foundation Board of Directors and a life-long advocate for the Alutiiq people. Born and raised in Kodiak, […]