JUNEAU – Public ferry workers who operate Alaska’s vital Marine Highway announced a strike Wednesday afternoon, following the failure by Governor Dunleavy’s negotiators to offer any meaningful compromise prior to a 2pm AKST deadline. The action had an immediate impact on the MV Columbia, located in Ketchikan. Workers assigned to that vessel will not […]
Kenai police opened a homicide investigation after the discovery of the bodies of two women at a California Avenue address along the Kenai Spur Highway on Sunday morning. The women had been shot to death. The names of the two victims, who are reported to be of the same family, have not been revealed […]
The driver of a red Pontiac Bonneville made good on his escape from a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway for a time but was ultimately remanded to the Wildwood Pretrial Facility on Saturday afternoon, troopers report. AST conducted a traffic stop on the Pontiac at 2:38 pm on Saturday for a speeding […]
Comments Due July 26th; Public Teleconferences on July 29th (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities’ proposed Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) schedule for October 2019 through April 2020 is now available for public review. Communities and interested people can review and comment on the proposed schedule through July 26, 2019 and […]