A Pilot Station man is dead after an exchange of fire with Southcentral SERT in the woods around Pilot Station on Thursday night, Alaska State Troopers report. 27-year-old Dwight Heckman of Pilot Station was located by SERT at 7:30 pm on Thursday evening after multiple encounters and the gunfire exchange took place. 50 minutes later SERT […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Monday that recovery efforts are being attempted to get the Ketchikan volunteer rescue squad on the scene of an avalanche with a presumed fatality that occurred around noon on Sunday. The unfortunate incident occurred on Dude Mountain outside Ketchikan as two men were out snowboarding the slope. The large avalanche […]
A Chugiak man has been ordered to undergo a mental health assessment with the Federal Bureau of Prisons as part of his sentencing for Transmitting Threatening Communication in Interstate Commerce, U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder said on Friday. 33-year-old Brandon McElroy, who worked for the Smithsonian Institute at the Arctic Studies Center, pleaded guilty to the charge on […]
The search for a young Koliganek hunter ended tragically on Wednesday after a report of an overdue hunter on Wednesday night. Troopers in Dillingham were notified of an overdue hunter at 7:53 pm on Wednesday. The village reported that 24-year-old Jairus Nelson had departed the village to go hunting earlier in the day and had not […]