The bodies of four victims of a fiery plane crash that took place in the Birchwood/Chugiak area on Wednesday morning have been recovered and their identities released following next of kin notifications. Killed in the Cessna 172 crash that was reported just after 9 am this morning were the pilot, 64-year-old George Kobelnyk, his co-pilot, […]
A Soldotna man called into Alaska State troopers and 5 AM on Tuesday morning, and reported “that his vehicle, a tan 1999 Lexus RX300 SUV, had been stolen from the Soldotna Safeway parking lot earlier that morning,” troopers revealed. Minutes after the stolen vehicle report was filed by the owner, identified as 36-year-old Soldotna resident, […]
Alaska State troopers were notified of a structure fire in Kwethluk during the early morning hours on Monday, the trooper dispatch reported. Bethel-based AST received a call at 5:52, reporting a fire with a fatality in the small community in southwest Alaska. Troopers say that Public Safety Officers in the village had brought the fire […]
A fire that started in the office area of a Kwikpac Fisheries warehouse in Emmonak on Saturday afternoon, quickly grew in size to envelope and destroy five buildings in that community as the fire raged throughout the weekend, troopers reported. Troopers and the community’s VPSO were notified of smoke pouring from a window from one of […]