In Video Vault, we dig back into our archives for some of the most memorable moments that we've shared with you throughout the years. Today we're sharing a timely historic event — one that captured the attention of the whole world. It happened in August 1935, when much-loved humorist Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who was one of the most celebrated pilots at the time, crashed at Point Barrow. Our former colleague John Carpenter headed that way back in 2007 and even got a witness account.
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A federal grand jury has indicted an Anchorage couple for allegedly fraudulently using a COVID-related grant of $1,623,165 provided to the organization in 2021.
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Peruvian national accused of targeting Alaska, other states with more than 150 bomb threats arrested
A Peruvian national has been arrested and faces numerous charges related to bomb threats in multiple states, including Alaska, as well as for soliciting child pornography, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
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A preliminary report on the plane crash that killed Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr. — the husband of Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola — earlier this month did not offer a conclusion as to why the plane went down but revealed that the craft was carrying over 500 pounds of moose meat when it crashed.
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A fuel tanker rollover has closed the Glenn Highway in both directions near Kings River, according to Alaska State Troopers. The tanker rolled off the highway around mile 67, McDaniel said, about five miles east of the community of Sutton.
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