Teen jailed for assault also charged with hitting cellmate with tray
An 18-year-old Delta Junction man charged with beating his step-father with a fireplace poker is facing additional assault charges for hitting his cellmate with a food tray. The Fairbanks Daily...
View ArticleWreck near Glenn Highway sent two people to the hospital Saturday
Two people were hospitalized Saturday after a Palmer woman crashed into their vehicle with her pickup truck, Alaska State Troopers wrote in a press release Sunday. Troopers were notified of the crash...
View ArticleCOURT DOCS: Convicted felon stabbed roommate twice early Sunday
A 26-year-old Anchorage man was arraigned in court Sunday for allegedly stabbing his roommate in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to an affidavit filed in court, Joseph William Evans was...
View ArticleWWII-era tugboat sinks in Gastineau Channel
A 71-year-old tugboat that started as a U.S. Army vehicle in World War II and later offered "bunk and breakfast" accommodations in Seattle has now met its demise. The Juneau Empire reports that the...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard rescue 3 mariners from disabled fishing boat in Bristol Bay
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a disabled vessel in Bristol Bay Sunday, officials wrote in a press release. The Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received a distress call...
View ArticleAlaska health officials warn of increased cases of 'beaver fever' in September
Alaska health officials are warning residents to be wary of mountain stream water as September usually sees an increased number of giardiasis infections, sometimes called "beaver fever." The Fairbanks...
View ArticleAlaska, United planes clip each other on ground at LAX airport
Officials say two planes clipped each other while on the ground at Los Angeles International Airport, but no one was hurt. The City News Service reports that an arriving United Airlines flight and a...
View ArticleNovelty alarm clock causes bomb scare at ferry terminal
A suspicious-looking device that led Southeast authorities to evacuate a Prince of Wales ferry terminal and re-route airplane traffic turned out to be a novelty alarm clock, troopers say. The trouble...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boulders moved off roadway, traffic moving on Seward Hwy
... ... (JASON ANDERSON VIDEO) UPDATE: Officials were able to move the boulders out of the roadway, and traffic is moving as of about 8:40 a.m. according to Channel 2 Photojournalist at the scene,...
View ArticleOfficials work to prevent future rock slides along Seward Highway
Early Monday morning, a boulder that the Department of Transportation estimates weighed 25,000 pounds fell on to the Seward highway, crossed the road to the other side. Fall time wind and rain create...
View ArticleMan mauled by bear called 911 himself; dog escaped attack
UPDATE Sept. 14: A 62-year-old Funny River man was walking a neighbor's dog Sunday when he was attacked and seriously injured by a bear, neighbors say. Danny High was in serious condition at the...
View ArticlePFD Voter Registration group gathers signatures for ballot initiative
An initiative group says they've started gathering signatures in an attempt to making voting simpler. PFD Voter Registration is trying to get a question on the ballot, asking voters if they'd like...
View ArticleAnchorage man charged with murder, arson in 2011 fatal apartment fire
An Anchorage man has been arrested and charged with murder, arson, and assault in an investigation spanning four years, the Alaska Attorney General's Office announced Friday. Marco Antonio Flores Sr.,...
View ArticleTROOPERS: Weather hampers two different search efforts for missing hunters
Officials are continuing search efforts for two hunters who went missing in separate, unrelated incidents last week. Weather has hampered efforts, wrote Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters...
View ArticleTroopers investigate several cabin break-ins, stolen ATVs, firearms
Alaska State Troopers say they are investigating a series of cabin break-ins that happened near Trapper Creek over Sep. 11-12. According to Troopers, several cabins from mile 14.3 to mile 24 on Oil...
View ArticleMan charged for 2011 arson, murder appears in court
In a court room Monday afternoon, 44-year-old Marco Antonio Flores sat silent, fighting back tears. He expressed similar emotions in an interview with Channel 2 nearly four years ago, after Flores's...
View ArticleHilcorp applies for permits to drill 2 exploration wells southeast of Ninilchik
Hilcorp Alaska has applied to drill two additional oil and natural gas exploration wells southeast of Ninilchik in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The Peninsula Clarion reports that the Alaska Department...
View ArticleMan, 31, missing for five days, Anchorage police say
Anchorage police are searching for a 31-year-old man last seen on Sept. 10, according to a press release. Chanson Shells was last seen at his home in Mountain View around 6:00 p.m. Sept. 10, police...
View Article2 Little Rock airmen honored for actions in fatal shooting
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — The Little Rock Air Force Base has honored two airmen who fatally shot an armed man who intentionally crashed his vehicle into the base's gate. Larry D. McElroy died a day after...
View ArticleLong-time drug trafficker to serve 15 years after pleading guilty in two...
A long-time drug trafficker and money launderer was sentenced to spend 15 years in federal prison Monday in a composite sentence for two federal cases, according to a press release from the U.S...
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