Image: GeoFORCE Alaska students display their completed geologic maps of a portion of Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. The maps show rock types in different colors. Photo by Leif Van Cise Sixteen rural Alaska high school students will head into their senior year this fall with four years of geological fieldwork under their belts […]
After receiving a tip from Nome-based AST, the State-Wide Drug Enforcement Unit’s Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) made contact with two Nome-bound travelers troopers said were suspected of transporting drugs to that city on Thursday. AST said on Monday that after that contact with 33-year-old Frederick Larsen and 29-year-old Kaitlyn Priester, both of Nome, […]
Being president of the United States comes with numerous perks and the fringe benefits continue decades after the nation’s chief executives exit the White House. Presidents are currently paid $400,000 annually, an amount set by Congress. The nation’s leaders have received five pay increases since 1789, when George Washington became the country’s first president. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) continues their North Pacific patrol in support of Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) 2019, protecting living marine resources, enforcing international fisheries agreements and conducting global security missions. Since June, Mellon’s crew has conducted 40 boardings and issued 61 violations. Twenty-five were serious […]