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 […]