Since the beginning of September 2023, Anchorage Police have seen commonalities amongst a few robberies that have taken place. The general theme is that the victim buyer agrees to meet the suspect who is selling shoes through Facebook Marketplace. Once the victim(s) arrive at the agreed upon location, two or three males confront the victim(s). […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Wednesday that it would cancel seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and at the same time safeguard more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, both on Alaska’s North Slope. Both the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a 48-year-old Wasilla died in a boating incident on the Talkeetna River on Tuesday afternoon. Troopers were contacted at 3:04 pm on Tuesday and they, along with AWT, LifeMed, Talkeetna First Responders, Mahay’s Jet Boat Adventures, and HELO 3. They arrived to find 48-year-old Keely Jo Latimer being administered life-saving […]
New research by an international team of scientists explains what’s behind a stalled trend in Arctic Ocean sea ice loss since 2007. The findings indicate that stronger declines in sea ice will occur when an atmospheric feature known as the Arctic dipole reverses itself in its recurring cycle. The many environmental responses to the Arctic […]