DOT&PF adjusts schedule to accommodate rising project cost estimates. (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Cooper Landing Bypass project continues to move forward with the construction of the Juneau Creek Bridge as the state works to mitigate increasing project cost estimates. Project funding for the bridge is in the Draft 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Project costs […]
Alaska State Troopers bases in Glennallen responded to mile 4.5 of the Old Edgerton Highqway after receiving a call reporting a deceased woman at that location at 4:38 pm on Wednesday afternoon. Upon arrival, troopers located the body of Tonsina resident Daisy Delarm of Tonsina. Troopers observed multiple gunshot wounds. The suspect, 26-year-old Tristen Harvey […]
According to reports, a 59-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash on the Sterling Highway on Monday evening. Troopers and EMS responded to a call at mile 115 of the Sterling Highway at 9:17 pm on Monday evening in reference to a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. Once there, EMS would declare Girdwood resident Michael Elson […]
Dietrich Quarry blasting scheduled for 6 p.m. over several days in June FAIRBANKS, Alaska — During June, Dalton Highway traffic will be stalled for blasting operations in the Dietrich Quarry mine site administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The operator, Nanuq Inc. is planning up to four blasting shots scheduled for 6 p.m. during […]