An Anchorage woman was arrested for DUI on Wednesday, despite efforts by a passenger in the vehicle to “hinder prosecution,” after troopers responded to investigate, the trooper dispatch reported on Thursday. Troopers responded to the collision at the Glenn Highway/Parks Highway Interchange at 6:30 pm to find that 23-year-old Mechelle Gaffney collided with the guardrail as […]
Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan opened an investigation at 3:30 am Monday morning on the North Tongass Highway after it was reported by the North Tongass Fire Department that an un-occupied, overturned, vehicle was discovered in the ditch at mile 12.6 of the highway. At 10:04 am, troopers contacted the 16-year-old driver of the 2007 Chevy […]
Troopers reported via the trooper dispatch that a 78-year-old female passenger in a 2015 Ford Taurus, that was involved in a serious accident on the Palmer Wasilla Highway and Vroman Road on Sunday afternoon, has succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday. 78-year-old Betty Erps of Oregon was a passenger in the vehicle driven by 88-year-old Glen […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will end seasonal maintenance, including snow and ice removal, on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway, and the Road to Tanana, in October. ADOT&PF does not maintain these highways through the winter. The department encourages drivers to remember that travel on a non-maintained highway during the […]