The purpose of this alert is to provide guidance for the safe handling of bodies and deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Key Points There is currently no known risk associated with being in the same room at a funeral or visitation service with the body of someone who died of COVID-19 (see […]
The search initiated for a Ketchikan mother and her five-year-old child on Thursday reached an unfortunate conclusion when the child was located deceased at 2:45 pm on Friday afternoon troopers revealed. 36-year-old Jennifer Treat, and her son, Jaxson Brown set out on a hiking trip on the Lunch Creek Trail on Wednesday afternoon and […]
Alaska State Troopers reported that a trooper responding to a 911 hangup in the Anchor Point area was involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon. According to the report, AST was notified of the 911 disconnect call that was received by the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center at 1:55 pm on Wednesday […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A paratrooper from the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment was found unresponsive in his barracks room here Saturday, March 7, and later pronounced dead. Emergency responders transported Spc. Jason Alexander Thomas, an infantryman, to the 673d Medical Group hospital where medical personnel continued life-saving […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a response to a location off of Bonaparte in the Mat-Su Valley resulted in an officer-involved shooting on Sunday evening A 911 call went in to the Alaska State Troopers at 7:15 on Sunday evening reporting a domestic disturbance and an officer responded to the scene. According to the […]
Late Monday afternoon, troopers, Palmer Fire & Rescue, Mat-Su EMS, Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center, Alaska Avalanche School, MATSAR, and Alaska Mountain Rescue Group responded to Palmer Fishhook Road in reference to a snowboarder caught in an avalanche. The incident ultimately claimed the victim’s life. Troopers report that the various agencies responded to mile 16 […]
UPDATE: The next of kin to the deceased in the crash have been notified and Anchorage police have revealed their identities as 66-year-old Paul Matson and his daughter, 25-year-old Lea Matson. ORIGINAL: Anchorage police say that they believe that winter conditions were responsible for a fatal collision on the Seward Highway where two died, […]
Alaska State troopers report that the search for an overdue snow machiner in the Seward area ended poorly when that rider was found deceased at approximately 2:10 pm on Monday in the Bear Lake area. A caller reported 40-year-old Cody Slemp of Seward overdue when did not return on Sunday. He had been last […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed that one snow machiner has died as the result of an avalanche that struck near Cooper Lake on Monday afternoon. AST’s communications center received a call reporting that a snow machiner had been buried in an avalanche at the Cooper Lake area at 3:20 pm Monday. Seward-based troopers responded to the […]