Map showing current burn closure areas as of Wednesday, August 21. Image-Alaska Division of Forestry Due to extreme wildfire danger and current wildfire activity in Southcentral Alaska, as well as limited resources available to respond to new starts, the Alaska Division of Forestry is instituting an emergency burn closure on state, private, borough and […]
An anonymous tipster alerted Soldotna-based troopers of the whereabouts of a Soldotna man with almost 30 charges leveled against him on Monday evening. The tipster gave troopers a likely Soldotna address where 38-year-old Travis Johnson could be located at 4:20 pm yesterday. Johnson has a warrant for Burglary issued for his arrest as well […]
Kenai police opened a homicide investigation after the discovery of the bodies of two women at a California Avenue address along the Kenai Spur Highway on Sunday morning. The women had been shot to death. The names of the two victims, who are reported to be of the same family, have not been revealed […]
The driver of a red Pontiac Bonneville made good on his escape from a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway for a time but was ultimately remanded to the Wildwood Pretrial Facility on Saturday afternoon, troopers report. AST conducted a traffic stop on the Pontiac at 2:38 pm on Saturday for a speeding […]