A Cessna 180 was practicing touch and gos on a remote gravel bar 23 miles north of Gustavus on Wednesday evening when the aircraft hit a dip on the gravel bar and the aircraft suffered a prop strike, flipping the aircraft over. Ketchikan State Troopers received a call from the International Rescue Coordination Center reporting […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s outreach to the Secretary of Agriculture has yielded an agreement from the USDA that they won’t use Lower 48 perishable food availability standards to judge how Alaska’s rural residents and retailers participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). With the logistical and economic challenges of getting affordable perishable food out to […]
NOME—Due to a donation from Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC), search and rescue teams in the Norton Sound region will have a powerful new tool when trying to find lost or overdue parties when time is of the essence. To assist with Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, NSEDC donated sixteen FL/R BHS Bi-Ocular handheld […]
It was reported by the Village Police officer in Ambler on Monday evening that a young child had been hit in an ATV accident there. According to the dispatch, the five-year-old child was playing in the roadway when he was hit by a 17-year-old driving on an ATV. The child was medevaced to Anchorage to […]