Wasilla suspect throws puppy in failed attempt to escape arrest, troopers say
Jordan Melton was arrested on an outstanding warrant for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance after a brief pursuit, troopers said.
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Troopers: Drunken driver on Parks Highway arrested after others force her to stop
A video shows the driver careening down the Parks Highway, nearly hitting other vehicles. Her breath-alcohol content was three times the legal limit, court documents say.
Troopers: Wasilla man charged with sexual abuse of 4 children
Seth Loggins was arrested Wednesday on 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and may have additional victims, troopers said.
Ambitious Mat-Su timber deal gets go-ahead despite public protest
The Borough Assembly approved the multinational venture in hopes it will bring much-needed revenue to the government-owned port.
Troopers: Bank employee stole money from account of dead Palmer man
Keith Aumavae, reported missing in October 2017, was found dead the next month. Then an employee at his bank cleaned out his account, troopers say.
An empty Fred Meyer store in downtown Palmer could become an indoor shooting range
The proposal is generating strong opinions about the big, empty space, vacant since a new store opened across the Glenn Highway.
Willow man killed in Meadow Lakes motorcycle crash
“Donovan Hoppe, age 55, of Willow, was thrown from his 1995 Honda motorcycle after he entered a curve and lost control,” a police dispatch said.
Mat-Su floats major new timber venture. But is it too good to be true?
Officials hope the borough can make almost $1 million a year at the government-owned port from a New Zealand company, a logger who sued the borough and a just-formed corporation tying the whole thing together.
‘Just don’t do that’: Man kicks moose – and gets similar treatment
The Houston man called for help Thursday morning after an encounter with a cow and calf at his home.
Driver shot in Willow after ‘road rage’ incident, troopers say
A Wasilla man suffered potentially life-threatening injuries early Tuesday in an encounter along the Parks Highway.
Lumber, airplane fuel – even a load of logs: Butte man arrested in string of bold thefts
Alaska State Troopers say John Caverly stole in Mat-Su and Chugiak to pay for drugs, sometimes taking his 2-year-old son with him.
Wasilla police: Man with multiple warrants caused fatal 3-vehicle crash
The driver who ran the red light and caused the crash was Glen Hamilton III, Wasilla police said.
Wasilla police: Man with multiple warrants caused fatal 3-vehicle crash
The driver who ran the red light and caused the crash was Glen Hamilton III, Wasilla police said.
Parks Highway collision in Wasilla kills 1, injures 3
The three-vehicle collision at Church Road closed the northbound Parks Highway for about three hours.
All lanes of inbound Glenn Highway reopened after overpass damaged
Construction crews spent the weekend replacing a damaged overpass girder so the southbound lanes of Alaska's busiest highway could be reopened for the workweek.
Driver cited for load that damaged Glenn Highway overpass
The southbound highway closed at South Eagle River, creating a monster traffic jam Thursday. It's expected to reopen by Monday morning's commute into Anchorage.
Their baby was about to be born. Then they hit the epic Glenn Highway traffic jam.
The newborn was one of four born at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center on Thursday to parents who originally planned to deliver in Anchorage.
Trucking company apologizes for Glenn Highway bridge damage, blames customer
It will cost almost $2 million to repair the overpass damaged Wednesday by a truck pulling a load too tall to fit under it.
ACLU sues Palmer police, calling arrest of immigrant ‘false imprisonment’
Arguing that local police have no right to arrest someone for living in the U.S. illegally, the ACLU of Alaska has sued the Palmer Police Department over the arrest of a man beaten in a bar fight last summer.