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One Succumbs to Cold, One Missing, and One Survives in Chignik Lake Capsize Saturday Afternoon Location of Chignik Lake on Alaska Peninsula. Image-Google Maps AST revealed that five Chignik Lake residents were rescued while one body was recovered and one remains missing after a tragic Saturday afternoon incident there. At 3:16 pm on Saturday afternoon, Fairbanks troopers were alerted that a skiff with three aboard had capsized while transporting a snow machine on its bow after encountering a w...

Warrant Issued for Wasilla Suspect Who Bludgeoned Girlfriend and Stabbed... Warrant Issued for Wasilla Suspect Who Bludgeoned Girlfriend and Stabbed Mother in the Throat Sunday Night Troopers report that a warrant has been issued and they are actively searching for a Wasilla suspect that escaped arrest after a violent incident that took place on Sunday night on Phenix Avenue in Wasilla. The stabbing incident was called in to troopers at 8:31 pm on December 27th from the Phenix address and troo...

Palmer Suspect Ambushes Troopers, Police during Christmas Domestic Disturbance Call Alaska State Troopers, on Monday released the names of the trooper and Wasilla Police Department officer involved in the Christmas Day officer-involved shooting that injured a Palmer suspect who opened fire on them during a response to a shots-fired call at just after midnight. The identities of the two enforcement personnel were revealed as Trooper Caleb Lloyd and WPD officer Nate Lecours. Both are three-year v...

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Governor Dunleavy to reorganize the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Law to draft an executive order reorganizing the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services into two distinct executive branch departments: the Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. This reorganization will streamline and improve the delivery of critical programs and services ...

Anchorage Suspect in Jail on Multiple Robbery/Theft Charges at Anchorage Stores Anchorage police report that they have an Anchorage suspect in custody after four separate criminal incidences in the last month at local area stores. Initially, on December 17th in the early afternoon, APD officers responded to Target on Muldoon road after being contacted that suspect,  29-year-old Blake A. Anderson, who had repeatedly returned to the store in November and December after having been trespassed> A...

Initial Allocations of Moderna Vaccine Arrive in Alaska; Alaska’s Work to Distribute, Allocate and Administer Vaccine Continues ANCHORAGE – The second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrived in Alaska on Monday. Distribution and administration of this vaccine, made by Moderna, will occur this week in Alaska alongside the continued roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine which started last Monday.  As of Sunday, 5,674 doses of Pfizer vacc...

Georgia Republicans Debate Whether to Vote in Runoff Elections NEW ORLEANS, LA. – As the U.S. state of Georgia begins early voting in a pair of runoff elections that will determine party control of the U.S. Senate, many Republicans are debating whether to vote in a system they believe to be fraudulent. “I think the presidential election was rigged,” Georgia resident Kyle Huneycutt, a Republican voter, told VOA, referring to the November 3 election that saw Joe Biden, a Democrat, defeat Re...

Sunday Morning Car Thief Suspect Dead after Four APD Officers Discharge their Weapons Moments after midnight on Sunday morning, APD received a stolen vehicle report in the Russian Jack Park area. The caller and owner of the vehicle told police that he was following the car thief on Pine Street and APD officers responded to what would end up being a fatal officer-involved shooting a short time later. After responding, officers would locate the stolen vehicle, abandoned, on the 4600-block of Rek...

The Alaska State Troopers reported that on late Thursday afternoon a Wasilla Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with a driver after a pursuit and as a result, was injured, as was a female passenger in the suspect vehicle. According to the report, the WPD officer attempted a traffic stop on Bogard Road near the intersection with Helena Lane at just before 5 pm on Thursday, but instead of pulling over, the driver, later identified as 57-year-old Patrick E. Marrs II, elected to speed away...