On Wednesday, at 10:05 am, Alaska State Troopers contacted a Willow man concerning an outstanding request warrant and he was placed under arrest without incident, the trooper dispatch reported. Troopers arrested Willow resident 50 year-old Scot Leitner on charges of Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Porn, according to troopers. According to online court records, […]
A crash that resulted in a vehicle fire in Soldotna ended with no injuries and the driver being cited for basic speed and no insurance, the trooper dispatch reported on Wednesday. Troopers were called to the scene of a vehicle fire at 11:21 pm on Tuesday. When the arrived at the scene at K-B Drive, they observed […]
Eight summers ago, a bolt of lightning struck a dry tundra hillside in northern Alaska. Fanned by a warm wind that curled over the Brooks Range, the Anaktuvuk River fire burned for three months, leaving a scar visible from the International Space Station. The charred area was larger than Cape Cod. While northern Alaska’s treeless […]
On Thursday morning, a residential fire broke out in the community of Chevak resulting in injuries and one fatality it was reported yesterday. Alaska State troopers were notified of a fire burning in Chevak, a small community near Hooper Bay in Southwest Alaska. It was reported at 10:48 am, that people from the home were […]