Anchorage, Alaska—Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Thursday that four Point Hope residents were sentenced in United States Magistrate Court in Fairbanks, for charges stemming from their involvement in the illegal taking of walruses near Cape Lisburne, Alaska in September of 2015. The court accepted sentencing recommendations from the tribal government, Native Village of Point […]
The trooper dispatch reported on Monday that troopers received a report of a three-wheeler wreck on Lake Iliamna with a man lying on the ice “unresponsive” by a local air carrier that overflew the area on Sunday morning. Two troopers out of King Salmon responded to the area in a State helicopter, and upon landing, […]
The 600-year-old White Oak that has stood in Bernard, New Jersey since long before the U.S. was formed is now being cut down. The huge Oak, in the past has been the site of formal pictures and has been routinely used as a landmark for driving directions. The tree, which already stood in place before […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 percent in March, unchanged from February. The comparable national rate was 4.5 percent. Preliminary estimates show employment was down by 7,100 jobs, or 2.2 percent, compared to March 2016. Substantial losses continued in oil, construction, state government, and professional and business services, which is tied to […]