It was on October 21st, 1903, that the boundary dispute that had existed since 1821 with the English and Russians was fully resolved after a tribunal was set up to solve any future disputes. After the purchase of Russian America in 1867, the United States and Canada continued that dispute but resolved it with the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel evacuated two avalanche victims near Eklutna Lake, earliedr this month, following a mission request from the Alaska State Troopers to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. The AKANG accepted the mission and dispatched JBER-based rescue assets from the 176th Wing’s rescue squadrons. A 210th Rescue Squadron […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a doctor with five counts of attempting to evade and defeat taxes. According to court documents, between January 2018 and May 2024, John Michael Koller, 66, of Kodiak, Alaska, willfully attempted to evade and defeat income tax owed to the United States. […]
A major marine heatwave in the Bering Sea set off a chain reaction that resulted in a dramatic surge in snow-Tanner hybrid crab abundance, posing new challenges for federal fisheries management. A team of scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Kodiak Laboratory has uncovered an unexpected ecological aftermath following the major 2018–2019 Bering Sea marine […]