Award For Two Major Rescues In Wrangell-St. Elias In May That Saved 13 People High In Snowy Mountains

Two High-Altitude Rescues In Wrangell-St. Elias Park On Memorial Day Weekend, 2021  Earn Major Award  75 Air Force Personnel Involved  PRESS...

Apparent Suicide Of 80-Year Old Man At Mile 110 On The Glenn, Troopers Say

Unidentified Man Apparently Killed Himself With A Shotgun  Location:   Glennallen Type:  Death Investigation Dispatch Text: On 10/05/2021 at...

Recent Memorials For Copper River People...

 Remembering Those We Knew Who Recently Passed  Compiled by Rocky Ansell  If you'd like to honor somebody who has passed, please write L...

20 Alaska Health Care Facilities Go On Disaster Footing Due To Out-of-Control Covid

State Press Release, October 2nd, 2021  Alaska Activates the State's Crisis Standards of Care for Multiple Health Care Facilities Octobe...

State Did NOT Start $1,114 PFD Direct Deposits On October 11th, A National Holiday

$1,114 Check Is Actually Larger Than Expected Direct Deposits Were To Start On October 11th and Checks On October 24th. But October 11th Was...

State Runs Out Of Antibody Treatments As 1,009 New Cases Reported September 29th

State Reports Another Day Of Over 1,000 New Cases          Highly Effective Monoclonal Antibody Treatment In Very Short Supply In Alaska  Se...

McCarthy Road & Denali Highway Closed To DOT Service Until Spring

THE PARTY'S OVER  Denali Highway in summer is lonely enough. (Photo, Country Journal )  McCarthy Road & Denali Highway  DOT&PF E...

Kuskokwim 300 Race Joins Iditarod: Mandatory Vaccines For All

Full Vaccinations Required On September 24th, 2021, the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race announced that everybody who is in any way involved with...

Friday, September 25th: 22 New Local Covid Cases In One Week, 60 In Past 14 Days

 Alaska Leads Nation In Covid Rate Per Person Almost 1,800 New Cases Reported In Single Day  Up The Creek Without A Canoe  Hospitals Slammed...

ALASKA 511 Reports: Difficult Driving From Eureka To Sutton Friday Morning, September 24th

  Heavy Snow Through The Mountains On Glenn Highway Hamper Road Travel     Rest Of Copper Valley Shown With " Fair" Driving Condit...

Iditarod Requires Shots For All Participants – Except For The Dogs

50th Anniversary Of Race To Battle A Deadly Early Epidemic Leads To Helping Rural Native Communities Today  Race Says It's "Hyper F...

Man Who Shot Hunting Companion Near Chicken Charged With Manslaughter, Troopers Say

A 74-year old Vietnam veteran who once worked for Municipal Light & Power died after being shot on a hunting trip near Chicken, north of...

Woman Mauled In Copper Center By Bear With Cub, Treated & Released

Location Of The Bears At This Time Is Unknown, Troopers Say  ...They're Somewhere Near Copper Center   An unidentified woman was mauled ...

DUI, Controlled Substances, Along With Weapons Misconduct Charged In Copper Center By Troopers

Transport To Mat-Su Pre-trial  Location:   Copper Center Type:   DUI & MIW IV Dispatch Text: On 09/18/2021 at approximately 1647 hours, ...

84-Year Old Man Collapses On Lake Louise Road, Dies In Spite Of CPR Efforts

Probable Cause & Circumstances Not Reported  Location: Glennallen Type: Death Investigation Dispatch Text: On 09/19/2021 at approximat...

Troopers: Child Killed When Falls Off Pickup Tailgate While Hauling Wood Near Tanacross

Tragic Incident Took Place At Mile 1294 Alcan Hwy  Location:   Mile 1294 Alaska Highway Type:   Death Investigation Dispatch Text: On Septem...

Park Service Announces Major Work On Upper Levels Of Historic Kennecott Mill Building

Work On Saving The Kennecott Mines Continues  In 1938, the last train pulled out of Kennicott, famously leaving the tables in the dining hal...

2 Kidnappers Arrested With Female Victim At Sutton General Store On The Glenn, Troopers Say

Witness Followed Vehicle, Called 911 Location:   Sutton Type:   Kidnapping, Robbery, Assault, Weapons Offense Dispatch Text: On 09/4/2021 at...

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