BOTHELL, Wash. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the McKinley Fire burning in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough. FEMA Region 10 Administrator Mike O’Hare determined that the fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a major disaster. He approved the state of […]
Fire crews around the state continue to fight wildfires from the interior to the Kenai Peninsula. McKinley Fire The McKinley Fire near mile 88 of the Parks Highway increased in intensity and has burned at least 50 structures and emergency responders work diligently to evacuate residents in the area from mile 82 to 91 […]
A 19-year-old Anchorage woman was arrested after troopers responded to the McKinley Chalet in Healy on Sunday and opened a theft investigation. Troopers contacted Kourtney Duggins at the chalet, who initially gave troopers a false identity. Once here identity was verified, it was found that Duggins was wanted on a $10,000 Ketchikan warrant on a […]