It was on this day, August 13th, 1915 that the rails that would become the Alaska’s railway system yard began their journey north from Seattle aboard the S.S. Seward. This particular consignment of rails was destined for the Alaska Northern Railway rail yard situated in Ship Creek aboard the vessel Seward. The rails were […]
On Monday at approximately 9:21 p.m., Soldotna Troopers received a text message to 911 reporting that an 18-year-old hiker was experiencing difficulty breathing after suffering an allergic reaction approximately 14 miles from the trailhead on the Resurrection Pass Trail near East Creek Cabin. The 911 text messages indicated that an EpiPen had been administered to the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A California woman was arrested last week in Santa Barbara, California, after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging her with distributing methamphetamine that resulted in the fatal overdose of an Unalaska fishing industry worker. According to court documents, between Jan. 21 and Feb. 2, 2025, Darlene Moreno, 44, […]
The occurrence of fires in the Arctic is linked not only to warming temperatures and increasingly dry conditions, but also human activity in the region. An international research team led by the University of Zurich found that fires occurred 2.5 times more often in lit areas associated with human activity than in climatically similar unlit […]