This Day in Alaskan History-August 15th, 1935
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Crash Take the Life of One at the Anchor River on Sterling Tuesday
Alaska State Troopers are reporting that a tragic fatal accident occurred near mile 161 of the Sterling Highway at 7:46 am on Tuesday morning. According to the report issued by AST, they were alerted to a vehicle upside down in the Anchor River. They immediately responded to the scene to find the driver deceased in […]
Avalanche Victim’s Remains Retrieved in Turnagin Arm after Dying in Deadly Burial Saturday
On Saturday afternoon at 2:34 PM troopers received the report of an avalanche on the backside of Seattle Ridge in Turnagain, those at the location told troopers that they observed the mishap and report that a snowmachine rider, later identified as 16-year-old Tucker Challan, caused the avalanche and was subsequently buried. His remains were located […]
Cordes Sentenced in Drunk-Driving Crash that Led to Friend’s Death
(Homer, AK) – Thursday, 22-year-old Tyler Cordes was sentenced in a packed Homer courthouse for driving while intoxicated and crashing his vehicle, which resulted in the death of one passenger, 25-year-old Drew Brown, of Homer, and the injury of two other passengers. In August, Cordes pled guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide, two counts of Assault, […]