KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a cruise ship passenger at the entrance to Chatham Strait near Juneau, Tuesday. An Air Station Sitka aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrived on scene at approximately 4 p.m., hoisted the 62-year-old man and a nurse and transported them to an awaiting Airlift Northwest aircrew in Sitka for further transport. Coast Guard watchstanders in […]
ANCHORAGE – A Mesa, Arizona, man was indicted in Alaska today for abusive sexual contact with a minor female passenger on a flight from Phoenix to Anchorage on April 26. The indictment alleges that Kepueli Talaiasi, 58, intentionally engaged in sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who was seated next to him during the evening […]
The Alaska State Troopers reported that on late Thursday afternoon a Wasilla Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with a driver after a pursuit and as a result, was injured, as was a female passenger in the suspect vehicle. According to the report, the WPD officer attempted a traffic stop on Bogard Road near the intersection […]