town of Wasilla, Alaska

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - One man was threatened at gunpoint in what Alaska State Troopers are calling a 'road rage incident' ended just off the Parks Highway. The incident happened early Wednesday morning, troopers say, at around 7 a.m. It began when two men driving separate vehicles "were ...

A 68-year-old man was hospitalized with injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Palmer Saturday night. Alaska State Troopers responded to the collision at the intersection of Trunk Road and the Palmer-Wasilla Highway around 10 p.m.. Troopers say 19-year-old Joseph Kincaid was attempting to make ...

A motorcyclist died after losing control and crashing late Saturday in Wasilla. Around midnight, Alaska State Troopers responded to the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Beverly Lakes Road and North Fine Road. Troopers say Donovan Hoppe, 55, of Willow lost control of his 1995 Honda after ...

55-year-old Donovan Hoppe of Willow was thrown from his motorcycle after he entered a curve and lost control, say troopers. The crash occurred near the intersection of Beverly Lakes Rd and N. Fine Rd. Troopers say Hoppe died as a result of his injuries, the State Medical Examiner's office responded for ...

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — A 55-year-old Wasilla man died in a weekend motorcycle crash. Alaska State Troopers say Donovan Hoppe lost control entering a curve and was thrown from this bike. Troopers took a call on the single-vehicle accident just before midnight Saturday. The crash occurred northwest ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers say a 51-year-old woman is dead after a high speed crash around 4 p.m. Saturday in Wasilla. Steven Lawton, 39, was said to be driving a 2013 Ford F-150 faster than the speed limit eastbound on Bogard Rd toward the intersection of Stringfield Rd.

WASILLA — Alaska STD awareness month is in April. Preliminary reports for 2017 show the highest reported cases of chlamydia since reporting started in 1996, and the highest number of gonorrhea cases since the pipeline days. The Centers for Disease Control 2016 rankings put Alaska first in the nation ...

An armed man who allegedly tried to draw a gun on Alaska State Troopers was detained Tuesday near a Wasilla-area elementary school. Troopers were called Tuesday by a driver who had been backing out of his garage when he was approached by a “suspicious individual,” according to an online ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - One Valley resident with a stolen vehicle report got their car back, but it wasn't abandoned, authorities say. Instead, a man with an arrest warrant was found sleeping in the back. The vehicle was first reported as stolen earlier this week from a home in Palmdale Drive in Wasilla.

Wasilla police and Alaska State Troopers responded to a fatal collision on the Parks Highway at Church Road on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. ... Edward Swanson was the passenger killed in the wreck at the Parks Highway and Church Road shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Wasilla police spokeswoman ...

A fatal three-vehicle collision near Wasilla Tuesday afternoon led police to temporarily close the Parks Highway northbound. Wasilla police spokeswoman Amanda Graham said one person was killed in the crash, near the Parks' intersection with Church Road. The wreck was first reported just before 1 p.m..

They were heading into Anchorage to the Alaska Native Medical Center from Wasilla after Tonya, a mom-to-be, thought her water broke. She began having her first contractions, so the hospital advised them to return to the valley and head to Mat-Su Regional Hospital. After turning around, the contractions ...

Alaska State Troopers say they're investigating the death of a Wasilla woman whose body was found lying on an ATV trail in the Valley over the weekend. Troopers were called around 11 a.m. on Saturday after someone reported finding a body lying in the snow on an ATV trail near Pittman Road, according ...

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Hypothermia is suspected as the cause of death for a 46-year-old Wasilla woman found along a trail. Alaska State Troopers say ... A witness at about 11 a.m. reported a person lying in snow on an all-terrain vehicle trail near Pittman Road west of Wasilla. Troopers say there were ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - A Wasilla man told authorities that he was attacked after being offered a ride on the side of the road. The alleged assailants have not been located. According to a report filed by the Alaska State Troopers, the victim of this assault said he was walking along the side of Clapp Road ...

Samantha Finkenbinder says her husband never regained consciousness after he was "buzzed" by a floatplane on a Southwest Alaska River in the summer of 2014 and suffered severe brain ... Taylor, Samantha, Alyssa, Travis Finkenbinder pose for a Christmas portrait, December 2017 in Wasilla, AK.

Wasilla's Fred Meyer store was evacuated Sunday afternoon due to a suspected electrical fire in the men's restroom, a Matanuska-Susitna Borough official ... As of about 2 p.m. the store, located near the intersection of the Parks Highway and Palmer-Wasilla Highway had been cleared of customers due to ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Multiple fire departments are responding to a possible electrical fire in the men's restroom at the Fred Meyer store in Wasilla. According to Ken Barkley, Fire Deputy Director for the Mat-Su Borough, the store had to be evacuated as light smoke filled the building. Barkley said the ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man has been arrested for multiple crimes, including impersonating an officer twice in the same day. According to Troopers, 47-year-old Ronald Edward Bean was taken into custody Friday following a string of crimes beginning with an alleged ...

A Madison native and his wife were found dead late last month at a campground in an Alaska state park. ... 27, according to the Alaska State Troopers. ... The couple lived in the city of Wasilla, Alaska, which is about 30 miles northeast of Anchorage and around 80 miles south of the campground where they ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers say a man in Wasilla stole two cars and rammed an AST cruiser while leading troopers on two separate vehicle pursuits. AST dispatch say they received a request for a welfare check March 7 on a vehicle with two people inside on Machen Rd. in Wasilla.

There will be buses at a pair of locations in Wasilla. Buses will leave Wasilla High School at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:15 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 12:45 p.m. and 1. There will also be buses at the Menard Center, which leave at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and noon. Buses are expected to return to each location at 4, ...

PALMER — A 23-year-old Wasilla man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual assault in a case that hinged on evidence from a separate high-profile murder investigation. That evidence was a brief video from July 2016 showing Jordan Santistevan having sex with a 15-year-old girl who appeared passed out ...

We are constantly running laboratory tests on water to ensure that it is safe for the public out of our locations in Fairbanks, Wasilla and Anchorage. Federal and state regulations mandate that public drinking water be tested multiple times per month. This is the water used by schools, businesses and local ...

Alaska State Troopers identified the two people found dead at Byers Lake Campground in Denali State Park last week as a Wasilla couple. Ross Hagens and Michelle Danek, both 31, were found dead by a maintenance worker at the state park on Feb. 27, trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said.

The Alaska State Troopers have identified the remains of two people that were found at Byers Lake Campground last week. Troopers say the deceased are Ross Hagens and his wife, Michelle Danek, of Wasilla. Both Hagens and Danek were thirty-one years old. Troopers initially responded to Byers Lake ...

Mike Shower, R-Wasilla, has decided against joining the Alaska Senate's majority caucus, he said after Monday's floor session. Shower, who was sworn into the Senate last week, replaced fellow Republican Mike Dunleavy, who broke with the caucus over disagreements regarding the state budget.

Alaska Sen. Mike Shower of Wasilla, second from right, receives applauses after being sworn in as a state senator on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Juneau, Alaska. Also shown standing are, from left, state Sens. David Wilson of Wasilla, Shelley Hughes of Palmer and Pete Kelly, the Senate president.

On 3/1/2018, approximately 0420 hours, Alaska State Troopers responded to a REDDI report of a red 2008 Hummer H3 being operated by Melinda E Giordana, age 27 of Wasilla, who was reported to be intoxicated. Troopers stopped the Hummer on Fairview Loop at the intersection with Knik Goose Bay ...

By mid-afternoon, three other Alaska mushers had departed the Rainy Pass checkpoint, including Richie Diehl of Aniak, Wade Marrs of Willow and Ryan Redington of Wasilla. Reigning champion Mitch Seavey was among mushers resting at the checkpoint. The winner is expected to reach Nome about ...

A van from Alaska Missions happened to be nearby, too. ... Wasilla's Alan Eischens, running his fourth Iditarod, said he was glad to finally get to try the southern route after low-snow conditions forced ... Laurie Beavers traveled to Willow from her home in Illinois, her fifth trip to Alaska just to see the Iditarod.

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Schools in Palmer and Wasilla are closed Monday, Feb. 26 following freezing rain overnight. According to Gennifer Dahlquist, administrative secretary for the superintendent's office in the Mat-Su Borough School District, they were getting a later start warning people of the closure ...

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Rob passed away with his wife, son Zack, and friend Carol Sullivan by his side at Mat-Su Regional Hospital Wasilla, Alaska. Robin Roland Lemm was born on June 27, 1953 in Bremerton, Washington to Roland and MaryAnn Lemm and moved to Alaska in 1963 with his family. He joined the Painters Union ...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers with the Mat-Su Child Abuse Investigation Unit say they arrested a 17-year-old male Friday afternoon for sexually abusing an 11-year-old female. Troopers say the 17-year-old is being charged as an adult. The 17-year-old is from Wasilla and is being ...

According to Amanda Graham, spokesperson with the Wasilla Police Department, the initial call came in Wednesday evening regarding a person "being held against their will at gunpoint" in Wasilla. Additionally, Graham said, "there was a demand for money or drugs in exchange for the victim's safe return.".

The Wasilla man accused of sexually abusing at least four children, with additional victims in the case possible, was ordered held on more than a ... Alaska State Troopers arrested Loggins Wednesday on 11 counts of sexual abuse of a minor following a February investigation, taking him to the Mat-Su ...

In the early 1970s — as Johnson and many historical accounts tell it — mushing was fading away in Alaska as the popularity of snow machines rose. Johnson and Hyuk were both teachers in Wasilla, Alaska, and with Redington belonged to the Aurora Dog Mushers Club. The club used to hold short races, ...

A few details emerged this week about the Wasilla couple found dead at Byers Lake in late February, but the cause of their deaths remains a mystery. ... A state parks maintenance worker found the bodies of Hagens and Danek in the snow near their parked pickup, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.

Parking is limited, and the Iditarod is providing shuttle bus service from a number of locations in Anchorage, Wasilla, Houston and Talkeetna. Parking in Willow will cost $10 per vehicle. There will be electronic sign boards on the Parks Highway in Wasilla and near Houston High School with information on ...

The school, one of the three large high schools in Mat-Su, is located between Palmer and Wasilla and has more than 1,100 students. Colony High sent a text message ... Alaska State Troopers did not go to Colony High on Friday, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said. The agency has law enforcement ...

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - A man in Wasilla was arrested Tuesday following what Alaska State Troopers described as an attempted murder between previous co-workers. The victim, who was not identified by authorities, was at work at a small mechanic shop in Wasilla on the afternoon of Feb. 27. There, the ...