Alaska State Troopers report that a Northway man was shot and killed in a trooper-involved shooting early morning on Monday. Troopers received a 911 call at 2:35 am on Monday morning from motel room occupants in Tok alerting them that a man armed with an AK47-style carbine was attempting to break into their motel […]
Troopers from Unalakleet responded to the scene after AST was notified of a gunshot death on Thursday. When they arrived at the scene they found 37-year-old Donald Johnson dead from a suspicious gunshot wound. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation was called in and ABI investigators responded to the small southwestern community and opened an investigation. […]
A paragliding adventure in the Eagle River Valley area turned deadly on Sunday afternoon according to Alaska State Troopers. At 1:42 pm on Sunday, AST was alerted of a paraglider crash near Magnificent Peak by a caller who was filming the paraglider. The caller reported that they, and others in the area, responded to the […]
At 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a fatal boat collision on the Kuskokwim River. According to AST a 119-foot tug was towing a 285-foot barge on the river near Oscarville when a 14-foot skiff collided the rear end of the barge. The skiff operator, 22-year-old Henry Alexie of Atmautluak, died […]