A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew member rescues an injured hiker on Cupola Mountain in Sitka on Sept. 29, 2019. KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescued two hikers and their two dogs off of Cupola Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Sunday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted and […]
An Alaska Air National Guard chopper plucked an injured pilot and passenger from the west side of Cook Inlet after a crash there on Wednesday evening according to troopers. At 7:16 pm on Wednesday, pilot, 65-year-old Michael Eugene Beckwith contacted authorities to inform them that he had crashed his Stinson 108-3 during take-off near the […]
A 25-year-old Anchorage man was arrested on multiple assault charges after two juveniles were injured in an altercation involving a knife at the Taku Lake Park on Tuesday evening. According to the report, a man on a bike, later identified as Christian Scherch, approached three juveniles at the park. Initial indications show that the man […]
AST reports that two Ekwok men were arrested on existing warrants as troopers investigated a shots-fired incident that occurred in that village late in the evening on Wednesday. Troopers received the report at 10:34 pm on Wednesday of a disturbance where a gun had been discharged with no injuries. When troopers arrived in Ekwok […]