Alaska State Troopers announced via the trooper dispatch on Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday in the community of Ivanof Bay where a resident of that community was killed. Troopers received the report of the shooting death at 1:38 am on Sunday. It was reported that […]
The Hoonah police department reported today that they received a call on Friday morning reporting a vehicle accident on Long Island Road. Police responded to the accident scene and found one person injured and another deceased in an overturned vehicle. The injured adult was transported Juneau for treatment of their injuries. Troopers also responded to […]
The Walt Disney Resort in Florida has closed down all of its beaches following a Tuesday night alligator attack that dragged a two-year-old toddler into the Seven Lagoon’s waters. According to reports coming out of Florida, witnesses observed the father of the toddler struggle to save his son from the jaws of the alligator, but […]
While sitting in the front of a canoe on a twisty Alaska creek, my daughter asked to steer closer to the riverbank. She wanted to grab some suds. There, caught in the elbows of fallen trees, were quivering mounds of white foam. Foam is floating on most Alaska waterways this summer. Years ago, when I […]