An employee from the Inter-Island Ferry Terminal in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island called in to the Alaska State Troopers to report a suspicious item that they thought could be a possible explosive device at 2:30 pm on Thursday. As a result, the terminal was evacuated, and vehicle and foot traffic was blocked off […]
A large wildfire broke out in the community of Chiniak, located 45 miles from the city of Kodiak on Thursday night, lighting up the sky to the southeast of the city. As of Friday, the fire grew to engulf over 2,ooo acres as it took out the Chiniak library, as well as several homes on […]
For the second time in two days, Alaska Walmart stores have been the target of bomb threats say police. The most recent threat was phoned in to the Kodiak Walmart moments after the Kodiak store opened on Wednesday. The call that came in this morning at just after 7 am, cleared the store of approximately […]
A Sterling fire, dubbed the Card Street Fire has grown to approximately 1,200 acres by late Monday evening. The fire, first ignited as a grass fire was reported as a one acre fire by Alaska State Troopers at 1:52 pm on Monday afternoon. But, the blaze grew to four acres by the time firefighters could […]