Ice is responsible for a fatal head-on collision at mile 90.5 of the Sterling Highway that occurred during the noon hour on Friday and took the life of an elderly couple as they were traveling southbound on the highway. Troopers responded to the collision at 12:07 on Friday to find that 81-year-old Cedric Kyle […]
Alaska State Troopers located a lost 60-year-old motorist by her cellphone then arrested her on DUI charges afterward, AST reported. On Wednesday night at approximately 9:20 pm, 911 operators received a cellphone call from Debra Krause who told dispatchers that she was lost and stuck in a ditch. She told AST that she believed […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew hoists mariners aboard a vessel that ran aground 130 miles northwest of Kodiak Island. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo. KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew rescued two mariners in distress 130 miles northwest of Kodiak Island on the Alaska Peninsula, Tuesday. The aircrew arrived on scene […]
Map showing current burn closure areas as of Wednesday, August 21. Image-Alaska Division of Forestry Due to extreme wildfire danger and current wildfire activity in Southcentral Alaska, as well as limited resources available to respond to new starts, the Alaska Division of Forestry is instituting an emergency burn closure on state, private, borough and […]