A fire in Chiniak did extensive damage to a home there when a banya burnt down to the ground on Monday near mile 42 of the Chiniak Highway. Alaska State Troopers were notified of the blaze at 11:57 pm. Homeowner Doug Stewart had lit the banya on Monday for a Monday evening steam-bath. He invited […]
Alaska State Troopers, KESA Fire, Anchor Point Fire, and the Homer Fire Department responded to a blaze on Diamond Ridge Road on Wednesday morning at 9:15 am to find the home engulfed in flames. The 88-year-old owner of the home was rushed to the South Peninsula Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. The investigation at […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Tuesday that they had received a report of a collision between a moose and a Volkswagen four door took place on Monday night killing the moose and injuring the driver. 51-year-old Jon Carpenter of Delta Junction was traveling northbound on the Richardson Highway just before 9 pm on Monday when […]
Early Wednesday afternoon, a 15-passenger car train de-railed at Milepost 20, northeast of Skagway with 360 passengers aboard. The derailment occurred at 1:55 pm when the train, owned and operated by White Pass & Yukon Route, was on its way to Fraser. Of the fifteen cars, four derailed. Of those four only three contained passengers. […]