Alaska State Troopers responded to the Moose River near Sterling at approximately 7:30 pm on Monday evening following a report of a swimmer at the confluence of the Moose and Kenai Rivers disappearing beneath the surface. Good Samaritans launched watercraft as Central Emergency Services, Fish and Wildlife also took up the search. The Nikiski […]
Hot and dry weather and winds from the north-northeast pushed the Swan Lake fire within two miles of the Sterling Highway on Sunday. The advancing wildfire prompted a closure of the highway and the relocation of firefighters as the flaming front became obscured in smoke. Alaska Interagency Management Team asked for traffic to be […]
Alaska State Troopers are investigating the cause of a fatal ATV crash that occurred in the Sterling area on the Kenai Peninsula that took place on Monday evening. Troopers and Central Emergency Services responded to a location on Robinson Loop in the Higher Ground area at 5:43 pm on Monday night. Unfortunately, 13-year-old Tori […]
An attempted traffic stop yielded an unrelated arrest at just prior to 1 am on Saturday morning in the Sterling area, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. When troopers attempted to pull over in a traffic stop on Robinson Loop in Sterling during the early morning hours, the vehicle, rather than pulling over, sped […]