One man was injured after two aircraft collided in mid-air over the airstrip in Talkeetna on Sunday evening, troopers report. The two aircraft, a Cessna 185, piloted by 32-year-old Antonio Benavides, with four passengers, and a Cessna 172, piloted by 27-year-old Cole Hagge of Eagle River were both attempting to land at the Talkeetna Airport […]
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Trapper Creek driver after a report of a vehicle passing a stopped school bus off-loading children on Monday. Troopers report that they received a call stating that an older red Toyota had “passed a stopped school bus actively off-loading students” near mile 79 of the Parks Highway in Willow at […]
Alaska State Troopers tracked down and stopped a Ford Pickup after receiving a report of a disturbance in downtown Talkeetna on Saturday night. Troopers received a report of a disturbance in Talkeetna at 11:38 and responded to the scene., The trooper investigation at the scene revealed that 45-year-old Robert Reichert of Talkeetna “recklessly caused physical […]
A large 6.2 magnitude startled residents in the south central region of Alaska today when it began what seemed like minutes-long shaking at 9:51 am on Thursday. The quake, felt as far north as Fairbanks and throughout the Kenai Peninsula, and even Kodiak, occurred just 80 miles to the northwest of Anchorage. The quake knocked […]