A call went in to the Alaska State Troopers in Anchor Point during the early morning hours of Saturday reporting a vehicle accident with a fire and a trapped driver, according to the trooper dispatch. At 2:59 am, a caller reported that a vehicle had wrecked and rolled on the Sterling Highway near Ninilchik. The […]
Criminal charges of arson were referred to the Bethel Department of Juvenile Justice against two children, a six-year-old male, and a seven-year-old female, on Monday. The charges stemmed from an incident in Grayling that occurred on Monday evening. The two children had set the David Louis Memorial School in Grayling on fire. City officials and community residents […]
Power was knocked out to Emmonak AVEC customers on Tuesday after a fire broke out at the power plant there shortly after 10 am. Local responders were able to address the fire and extinguish the flames but not until the fire heavily damaged one of the generators that are housed in the building. By 1 am, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued three mariners after a fire started on board their 82-foot vessel north of Kodiak Island Tuesday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the mariners from their life raft in Stevenson Entrance, approximately 60 miles north of Kodiak, and transported them safely to Kodiak. […]