JUNEAU, Alaska — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard forward-operating location rescued three hypothermic mariners from a skiff in Holtham Inlet, Tuesday. The Jayhawk aircrew located the skiff in Holtham Inlet low on fuel and beset by weather and sea conditions. A rescue swimmer was deployed, found the two men and teenage boy […]
WASHINGTON – Stock markets in Japan fell Thursday, but not as drastically as the plummets experienced by U.S. markets a day earlier that amplified recession fears. Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed down 1.2% Thursday. Elsewhere in Asia, China’s Shanghai Composite Index finished up 0.3% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.8%, while markets in […]
Photos: Jory John Worthen. Images-Camden Police Department Alaska State Troopers are advising that a Camden, Arkansas man being sought for the murder of his girlfriend and her four-year-old child, may be hiding in Canada and even possibly Alaska. 23-year-old Bearden, Arkansas suspect, Jory John Worthen was last seen on June 22nd. His girlfriend Alyssa […]
Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a new study led by the University of Washington, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo. While previous studies have shown a clear connection of air pollutants with some heart and lung […]