Alaska State Troopers report that a 48-year-old Wasilla died in a boating incident on the Talkeetna River on Tuesday afternoon. Troopers were contacted at 3:04 pm on Tuesday and they, along with AWT, LifeMed, Talkeetna First Responders, Mahay’s Jet Boat Adventures, and HELO 3. They arrived to find 48-year-old Keely Jo Latimer being administered life-saving […]
(Wasilla, AK) – Monday Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomed Dr. Ben Carson to Alaska. The Governor and Dr. Carson visited Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla where the school held an assembly to hear from Dr. Carson about the American Cornerstone Institute’s Little Patriot’s curriculum. Dr. Carson is the Founder and Chairman of American Cornerstone Institute […]
Early Tuesday evening an Alaska State Trooper K9 Unit attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle on the Palmer Wasilla Highway, but instead the vehicle elected to speed away from the stop attempt. The trooper gave chase. The pursuit would last a mere 90 seconds. But during that 90 seconds, the driver reached speeds of […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Former Advanced Nurse Practitioner Jessica Joyce Spayd (52) was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday to 30 years (360 months) imprisonment for illegally prescribing and dispensing opioids outside the scope of legitimate medical practice that resulted in the deaths of five people between 2014 and 2019. United States District Judge Joshua M. Kindred handed […]