(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Many Alaskans will hit the road to get to Fourth of July celebrations over the next week. We’ll be on the road, too! From June 30 to July 8, Alaska State Troopers and our highway safety partners like the Anchorage Police Department (APD) will conduct focused highway enforcement to curb major injury […]
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation announced that the ABI has made an arrest in the nearly 2-year-old Casler/Butler homicide case at noon on Tuesday following consultation with the Palmer District Attorney’s office. 42-year-old Bruce Floyd Butler, the husband of Lynn Butler, was arrested on two counts of Murder I. It was on July 3rd, 2015, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in July, unchanged from the previous month. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, also unchanged. July’s unadjusted rate was 6.1 percent, down from June’s 6.7 percent. This six-tenths of a percentage point drop is typical of Alaska’s summer pattern. Kusilvak Census Area had the highest […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Bureau of Highway Patrol Traffic Teams kept busy during the Fourth of July weekend watching the roads and meeting motorists statewide. From July 2 through 8 AM July 7th, troopers were conducting a focused enforcement effort aimed at getting motorists to follow the rules of the road. From 07/02/14 at […]