On Sunday afternoon, a Nome resident preparing to travel out of Nome was discovered deceased in his vehicle. The Nome Police Department received a call reporting that 55-year-old Kevin Piscoya was last seen at 2 am on Saturday as he left home to catch a Sunday flight out of Nome but had missed the scheduled […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they, as well as Bethel-Based Civil Air Patrol and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center have been searching for the origin of an Emergency Locator signal since Sunday night without any results. At 8:59, Troopers were notified of the activated beacon emitting from 38 miles northwest of St. Marys and CAP […]
A family member of a 32-year-old Wasilla man with medical issues contacted AST to report that he was making suicidal statements on Thursday afternoon. That member also informed troopers that the man had swam to an island on the Little Susitna River near Pittman Road after threatening to “commit suicide by cop.” Troopers, Wildlife Troopers […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Fairbanks man, 43-year-old Nathan Charlie, were located and retrieved from the Gravel Pit Lake in the Chena Point Avenue area after he drowned on July 4th while swimming with family and friends. According to troopers, they were notified at 8:15 pm on July 4th that Charlie had […]