Man Ends His Life in Front of Troopers after they Respond to Mat-Su Hospital Trespass Call

Man Ends His Life in Front of Troopers after they Respond to Mat-Su Hospital Trespass Call

AST reports that a  man fatally shot himself at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center as they were at the facility responding to a trespasser incident on Thursday morning. Troopers arrived at the hospital at approximately 6 am after receiving the trespass call and took the trespasser into custody. As officers were escorting the suspect to […]

APD Arrests Armed Prowler after University of Alaska Police Take him into Custody in ANMC Incident

APD Arrests Armed Prowler after University of Alaska Police Take him into Custody in ANMC Incident

  At 10:54 pm on Tuesday, Anchorage police were alerted by security officers at the Alaska Native Medical center that they had encountered a vehicle prowler in the hospital’s parking garage. They informed police that when they made contact with the prowler, later identified as 23-year-old Matthew Johnston, he pulled a handgun from his waistband. […]

Anchorage Man Rescued After becoming Trapped in Portage Valley Ice Cave

Anchorage Man Rescued After becoming Trapped in Portage Valley Ice Cave

A report of an injured hiker prompted Girdwood-based Highway patrol troopers to respond to the Portage Valley RV Campground on Saturday evening. At 4:17 pm, patrol troopers responded to the campground and initiated an investigation into the injured hiker and found that 21-year-old Jacob Colby James of Anchorage had hiked upstream to a hollowed out […]

Diver Dies During Kodiak’s Commercial Cucumber Dive Season

Diver Dies During Kodiak’s Commercial Cucumber Dive Season

The Kodiak Island-based Alaska State Troopers revealed on Wednesday that they had been notified of a diving fatality that had been brought to the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center on Sunday. It was at 1:36 pm on Sunday that it was reported to troopers that diver, 36-year-old Gary Graves was medevaced from the fishing vessel […]