In August 2016, the first large cruise ship traveled through the Northwest Passage, the northern waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The following year, the first ship without an icebreaker plied the Northern Sea Route, a path along Russia’s Arctic coast that was, until recently, impassable by unescorted commercial vessels. In recent decades parts of the Arctic seas […]
APD is investigating a fatal New Seward Highway traffic accident that occurred early Sunday morning police revealed on Nixle. A call reporting a roll-over on the New Seward Highway near the Rabbit Creek Road exit went in to Anchorage police at 3:50 am on Sunday. Police responded and their investigation would find that “the driver of a […]
April 30, 2018, ANCHORAGE – In the interest of maintaining transparency, the Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST) released the following information regarding an Alaska State Trooper under arrest for attempted sexual abuse of a minor. On Thursday, April 26th, AST was notified that Trooper Vance Peronto, a 16-year veteran of AST, may have had […]
CANTWELL, Alaska) – The Denali Highway will be closed at mile 131, approximately four miles east of Cantwell, for three non-consecutive nights between the evening of Saturday, Sept. 9 and the morning of Thursday, Sept. 14 to allow a contractor to safely install a large box culvert in the roadway. The road will be closed […]
ANCHORAGE– As part of the Walker-Mallott administration’s efforts to build a Safer Alaska, Governor Bill Walker today directed state troopers to increase enforcement along safety corridors, like Seward Highway and Knik Goose Bay Road, starting this weekend. Additional radar speed signs will also be posted to remind Alaskans to drive and bike safely. “This beefed-up […]
A Nikiski man was arrested after a traffic stop and held on $30,000 bail after troopers found he had several outstanding warrants on Tuesday night. Troopers pulled over a vehicle for traffic violations at 8:46 pm on Tuesday night on South Miller Loop in Nikiski, the trooper dispatch revealed. AST contacted the driver of the […]
Angoon EMS reported a fatality in a vehicle accident on Killisnoo Road on Sunday evening. According to the report, EMS responded to a Vehicle in Distress call to find one occupant of the vehicle dead at the scene. The driver, and one other occupant suffered injuries. The Trooper Dispatch reported that a 72-year-old Juneau resident […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – Motor vehicle traffic fatalities are on the rise this year in Alaska, and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) would like to remind travelers to drive with care as the holidays approach. As of Nov. 21, Alaska has had 75 traffic fatalities in 69 fatal crashes in 2016, according […]
A Wasilla man suffered fatal injuries after a Monday morning collision on Bogard Road near the San Diego intersection in Wasilla troopers report. At 1:13 am on Monday, a call came in to troopers reporting a collision on Bogard Road. Troopers responded and opened an investigation into the accident. The trooper investigation revealed that 22-year-old […]