Troopers believe that a Ketchikan man perished in a blaze on Blackberry Lane late yesterday afternoon after blockading the road to his home. Troopers received a call reporting a fire and shots fired on Blackberry Lane in Ketchikan at 5:49 pm on Wednesday.The North Tongass Fire Department, Alaska State Troopers and Wildlife Troopers responded to […]
A double snow machine accident took the life of one while another suffered injuries between New Stuyahok and Koliganik on Thursday night troopers say. Three travelers were between the two villages on a frozen lake according to the report. 48-year-old Gusty “Elia” Ishnook was on one snow machine while 35-year-old Myrtle Kaye Ishnook was operating […]
As Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing his conservative party in Canada’s main parliament building on Wednesday, a gunman burst through the doors of the building and ran past the door of the room where the caucus meeting of legislators was taking place. The gunman, suspected to be Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, had just killed a […]
The body of a kayaker missing since Monday was found on a sandbar near Controller Bay at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. 32-year-old Scott Bell of Minnesota was reportedly seen last on Monday evening. When last seen, it was reported that he was possibly in a kayak. It was also reported that Bell typically did not […]