Alaska Wildlife Troopers based in Soldotna report that they were alerted to a bear attack on Thursday morning. AWT responded to the Hidden Creek Trail near Skilak Lake at 11:45 am after receiving a report of a bear attack at that location. When they arrived they found that a 72-year-old man had gotten in between […]
Nikiski, AK – Friday, members of the Alaska State Senate learned that former Representative Kurt Olson, R-Soldotna, passed away from a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Representative Kurt Olson served the Central Kenai Peninsula in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2005 through 2016. Members of the Alaska Senate Majority issued the following statements: “Kurt […]
Just after midnight on Sunday morning an AST patrol vehicle in Soldotna attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle for moving violations in Soldotna. The driver had different plans Instead of pulling over, the driver, now identified as Kristopher Bayes, age 32 of Soldotna, elected to speed off towards Kenai taking troopers on […]
Alaska State Troopers would make an arrest on charges of Attempted Robbery 1, Attempted Vehicle Theft 1, Assault 3 x 2 and 1 charge of resisting arrest approximately an hour after an aborted contact with a Kenai resident by Soldotnaa police on Monday night. According to the AST dispatch, SPD attempted to contact 38-year-old Kenai […]