Alaska State Troopers were notified of a structure fire in the community of Noorvik early in the morning on Wednesday. According to the report they received, the structure was a total loss and the home’s residents were unaccounted for. Troopers, VPSO, and Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to the community to investigate the fire and […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – 100% of tested water bodies in Southcentral Alaska contained tiny pieces of plastic, according to a new report by Alaska Environment Research and Policy Center. Thirty-nine water locations including rivers, lakes, beaches and kitchen taps from the lower Kenai Peninsula up through Anchorage and the Mat-Su were sampled between June and September […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the leading 2024 Republican presidential contender, briefly took the witness stand Thursday at a New York trial to defend himself against allegations that he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll by disparaging her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Trump testified that […]
The American Sociological Association condemned the move as “a failure of Florida’s commitment to providing high-quality civics education and workforce readiness.” Despite opposition by sociologists and educators, the State University System of Florida on Wednesday cut sociology from core course requirements, continuing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ assault on academic freedom, intellectual pursuit, and knowledge. The system’s […]