On Friday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers, Seward EMS, Bear Creek Fire Department, the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Rangers responded to the scene of a crash involving a Pacific Star flatbed truck and a 2019 Ford Escape at mile 12.5 of the Seward Highway. The investigation at the scene revealed that William Hagood, age […]
In the early morning hours on Saturday, the Triumvirate Theater on the Kenai Spur Highway went up in flames despite efforts to extinguish the flames. A caller driving by on the Kenai Spur Highway called in to Soldotna dispatch at 3:15 am reported that the popular non-profit theater was engulfed in flames. Fire departments from […]
New Federal mask mandate applies to ferries and terminal facilities (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act requiring persons to wear proper face coverings when using public transportation systems to help reduce the introduction, transmission and spread of COVID-19. […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Friday directed Commissioner John MacKinnon of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) to reopen maintenance the Silvertip Maintenance Station with equipment, personnel, and resources necessary to clear and maintain the Seward and Sterling Highways for the remainder of the 2020/2021 snow season. “Public safety is and […]
At 8:02 PM on November 1, 2020, Anchorage Police responded to reports of a shooting. Initial indications are that a silver sedan was being driven in the area of the Glenn Highway and Muldoon Road when at least one occupant inside the sedan was hit by gunfire that came from another vehicle. Officers […]
Troopers report a fatal collision between an Ester Fire Volunteer Fire Department pickup and a water tanker truck near mile 354 of the Parks Highway that occurred on Tuesday morning. Fairbanks-based troopers, EMS, Fire, and DOT Commercial Motor Vehicle Officers responded to the scene after the accident was called in at approximately 8:35 am […]
Alaska State Troopers, on Tuesday released the identities of the troopers who returned fire on a fleeing motorist who opened fire on them on Friday near the Tok Cut-Off on the RichardsonHighway. Those troopers were identified as Trooper Jason Somerville, a five-year veteran and Trooper Abraham Garcia, a 12-year veteran, both of the Glennallen […]
