With the commercial salmon season already under way in Alaska many vessel owners are suddenly finding out about a new law effective on January 1, 2019 requiring them to register their vessels with the state Department of Motor vehicles. Under Senate Bill 92, the Derelict Vessel Act, passed by the Alaska Legislature in 2018, […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are halfway through the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Click It or Ticket High Visibility Enforcement Effort which started May 14 and ends June 3. From 5/14/2018 thru 5/21/2018, Troopers conducted the following investigations: – 13 misdemeanor DUI arrests, 1 felony DUI Arrest – 5 […]
An AST car chase ended in a crash near Kittiwake and Shady Grove in Wasilla on Monday night, the trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday. According to the report, a trooper on patrol attempted a traffic stop on a green Dodge SUV on Vine Road near Country Wood at 8:26 pm on Monday evening, but instead […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers report that a Washington man charged with False Statements when he filed for fishing licenses during an investigation that concluded earlier this month pleaded guilty to five counts in Wrangell court last week. Stephen Nesbitt, age 49, of Washington state was found to have obtained two subsistence Salmon permits and subsequently charged […]