JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Melvin C. McLaurin of Chicago was identified as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee killed in a construction accident June 19 at North Pole. McLaurin worked as an engineering equipment operator lead with the Corps’ Chicago District. He was on a temporary assignment in support of the Corps’ Alaska […]
The Alaska State Troopers, a Saxman-based VPSO, and members of the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad are en-route to the community of Hyder in connection with a fatal motor vehicle accident there, says AST. Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan received a report of a fatal accident in the community of Hyder at 11:02 am on Tuesday. […]
A Pogo Mine employee died as the result of a bear attack and another employee was injured on Monday morning, the trooper dispatch divulged on Tuesday. Fairbanks dispatch was informed by Pogo Mine staff at 11:15 am on Monday that two of their employees had been the subject of a bear attack. The mine staff […]
An accident at mile 39 of the Dalton Highway took the life of a Kenai motorcyclist on Sunday morning it was reported by the trooper dispatch on Monday. The AST report revealed that 60-year-old Ricky Koch, left the roadway at that location, and crashed, while riding along the highway with several friends on Sunday. Kocj’s […]