Alaska State troopers and wildlife troopers in Ketchikan reported that animal control removed a pit bull from the area of Christopher Road on Monday after it attacked an elderly man out on a walk in that location. Troopers received a call at 1:50 PM on Monday reporting the dog attack, and North Tongass EMS responded […]
On Sunday, the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad notified Alaska State troopers in Ketchikan that while conducting training exercises on Deer Mountain, they discovered the remains of 22-year-old Justin Nathan, a hiker who had gone missing and was last seen on November 11, 2015 as he was descending the mountain. Nathan had been hiking with a […]
On Monday evening, Ketchikan-based Alaska State Troopers received a request for a welfare check on a male who was in the area of the Carlanna Lake trailhead, the caller reported that the subject of the call “could hardly walk.” When troopers responded to the area, they “located a male lying on the ground who was […]
Troopers say “a suspect has been developed” in the art theft reported by the Alaska Marine Highway System staff in Ketchikan last year. The ensuing trooper investigation found that the artwork, 30 signed AMHS 25th Anniversary commemorative prints by artist Bill C. Ray, valued at $3,000 disappeared from the AMHS office sometime between the end […]