The Funny River Fire on the Kenai Peninsula continued to grow on Sunday, now covering over 240 square miles on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. In response to the fire’s rapid growth near populated areas, the order went out during the late afternoon to begin evacuating areas threatened by the massive blaze. The campground at Lower Skilak […]
In a memorandum to Gary Folger, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, dated May 22, 2014, Alaska’s Governor Sean Parnell directed to Department of Public Safety to pay the health insurance premiums for the survivors of DPS employees killed in the line of duty. The health insurance premiums will be paid for the […]
Early Thursday morning at 3:50 AM Alaska State Troopers received a “Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately(REDDI)” report from an off-duty police officer who observed a vehicle swerving back and forth between lanes on the Chena Hot Springs Rd. The call prompted troopers to respond and locate the green Ford F-250 reported in the call. A short […]
On Monday, the Alaska State Troopers based in Kodiak received a report of a burglary that had taken place in the Woodland Acres Subdivision. The homeowner reported at 7:52 pm, that while he was out of town, a person or persons burglarized his home and took fifteen firearms from his residence. He stated that the […]