Late Friday evening, Alaska State Troopers responded to Knik Goose Bay Road after receiving a call reporting a single-vehicle accident. When troopers and EMS arrived at the location just after 11 pm, they found a vehicle rolled over and on its roof. The investigation found the driver, identified as 32-year-old Jacob Turner, deceased in the […]
Two staff members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently rode 1,000 miles across Alaska on bikes with tires fat as a loaf of bread. Jamie Hollingsworth is a do-all field guy with the Institute of Arctic Biology and site manager of Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research program. Jay Cable is a research programmer […]
Work will begin in August on the multiple year safety project. (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Travelers living and working along the Knik Goose Bay (KGB) Road will see safety and capacity improvements start later this summer. The long-awaited reconstruction project was awarded by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) to Granite Construction for $54.5 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued a father and his daughter near Knik Glacier after their off-road vehicle was stuck in water Saturday night. The Alaska State Troopers contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center requesting assistance, and they coordinated with the Army Guard’s 207th […]