UPDATE: Alaska State Troopers released the name of the man mauled and killed last week while clearing trail on his property as 46-year-old Daniel Shilling, of Hope. ORIGINAL: Alaska State Troopers revealed this morning that they were advised of a fatal bear mauling in the Hope area of the Chugach National Forest late on […]
(ALASKA) – This past week, “Operation (RAAVEN)” Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement continued efforts in response to Attorney General William P. Barr’s declaration of a law enforcement emergency in rural Alaska. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers worked together in Bethel, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Nunam Iqua, Kotlik, Marshall and Russian Mission to account for registered […]
AST reports that on Monday afternoon, troopers received a request for a welfare check in the Kenai Peninsula community of Nikoleavsk and initiated a response. As troopers were en route to the community north of Homer, they observed a vehicle traveling toward the Sterling Highway with persons pertaining to the welfare check aboard. Troopers […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a distressed hiker July 26 at Mount Williwaw east of Anchorage. Alaska National Guard Master Sgt. Andre Marron, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center controller, said the stranded hiker could not safely ascend or descend and used his mobile phone to contact authorities who contacted […]