A two-acre fire in the Willow area north of Anchorage that was first reported on Sunday afternoon has grown tremendously in size and is now an estimated 6,500 acres on Monday. The blaze has been dubbed the Sockeye Fire, named after the avenue in Willow where the fire was initially sparked. The fire was human-caused, […]
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 […]
On Friday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers received a REDDI report at 3:16 pm from a citizen of the Willow Townsite reporting a possible DUI leaving the Food Mart there. The caller reported that a woman had purchased a bottle of whiskey at the store and then proceeded to drink the entire bottle while at the […]
After her arrest on charges of Assault, Willow woman 27-year-old Lizette Gomez-Montalvo did not go quietly to jail on Wednesday. Troopers responded to a report of a disturbance on Long Lake Road at 10:53 am on Wednesday and their investigation determined that Gomez had assaulted a fmily member there. Gomez was subsequently arrested and charged with […]