On June 9, 2026, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation’s Special Crimes Investigation Unit launched an investigation into a reported sexual assault that allegedly took place in 2024 involving a correctional officer and an adult female inmate at the Fairbanks Correctional Center. Investigators determined that 47-year-old Nenana resident Richard Johnson, who was working as a correctional […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 18, 2026. When the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received the request for assistance, […]
The territory of Alaska’s taxation laws were passed by the US Senate following passage in the US House on August 21st, 1914. The bill submitted by Delegate Wickersham validated the right of the territory to tax the railways in Alaska. Wickersham delivered the bill to WashingtonDC after Alaska’s first Territorial Legislature enacted the laws. After […]
The public has 30 days to persuade the Forest Service to halt the misguided plan ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Some of Alaskans favorite places to immerse themselves in nature face imminent danger. The U.S. Forest Service (part of the Agriculture Department) filed a proposed rule in the Federal Register on Wednesday that would end protections for […]