Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Carlie Alexie were located and recovered by local searchers during the early morning hours of Thursday. Alexie has been missing since August 3rd, when for unknown reasons, while out boating in the Bering Sea near the Pikmiktalik River, Alexie jumped into the water from the boat. Troopers […]
Alaska State Troopers are seeking information on a hit-and-run that occurred on the Edgerton Highway near Chitina late Monday night. AST say they were made aware of the incident when a caller reported finding an injured man laying in the roadway at mile 32 of the highway at 11:23 pm late Monday night. Troopers and […]
Late Saturday afternoon a call went in to troopers based in Juneau that a 17-year-old teen had jumped off of a 25-30 foot drop into a manmade pond and failed to resurface. Two of the victim’s friends immediately reported the incident to Juneau police who in turn reported it to troopers at 5:40 pm. “Alaska […]
Austin “Cap” Lathrop, long called Alaska’s first millionaire, spent over five decades in Alaska after purchasing a steamboat and moving to Alaska in the mid-1890s. He made his fortune through investments in Alaska. It was on July 26th, 1950 that the aged Lathrop was crushed when, at 84, he fell beneath the wheels of a […]