An Anchorage man, actively engaged in drug trafficking, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by Senior District Judge Ralph R. Beistline on Monday, acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Tuesday. 36-year-old Bernard Yamura White waws sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses. He was additionally sentenced to three […]
It has been revealed that the Teller man accused of stabbing to death 31-year-old William Johnson of Barrow, had previously been convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide for the death of a seven-month-0ld infant that occurred in October of 2008. 43-year-old Frank David “Punchy” Lee had been convicted of that charge after agreeing to a plea […]
A University of Alaska Fairbanks study looking at the physics of tidewater glaciers has yielded new insights into what drives their retreat-and-advance cycles and the role that climate plays in these cycles. Lead author and UAF geophysics doctoral student Douglas Brinkerhoff said the study in Nature Communications reveals that shifting sediments drive the cycles among […]
The salmon-fishing vessel Grayling was reported rolled-over on Monday in Kodiak Island’s Kupreanof Straits, the body of water that separates Kodiak Island from Afognak Island. According to the report, three of the four crew managed to escape the roll-over, but, a fourth crewmember was trapped inside the cabin for a time. The USCG reports that […]