A large 6.2 magnitude startled residents in the south central region of Alaska today when it began what seemed like minutes-long shaking at 9:51 am on Thursday. The quake, felt as far north as Fairbanks and throughout the Kenai Peninsula, and even Kodiak, occurred just 80 miles to the northwest of Anchorage. The quake knocked […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued Tuesday morning three lost hikers who were suffering from possible hypothermia, 10 miles north of Palmer. According to Alaska State Troopers, they received a phone call at 11:11 p.m. Monday notifying that three hikers had become lost […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence off of Kay Marie Drive at the request of the Mat-Su Fire Department on Wednesday as the department battled a residential fire there. Troopers responded to the Palmer residence at 12:15 pm on Wednesday to investigate the fire at the home. Troopers would find that 44-year-old Kelly Priestley […]
Maude Road in Palmer was the scene of a hi-speed chase yesterday afternoon at 12:13 pm when an Alaska Wildlife Trooper attempted to pull over a white 2009 Dodge pickup that was observed speeding at 73 mph in a 35 mph zone. With siren and lights going, the trooper attempted to stop the speeding vehicle […]