Mass strandings of whales have puzzled people since Aristotle. Modern-day strandings can be investigated and their causes, often human-related, identified. Events that happened millions of years ago, however, are far harder to analyze—frequently leaving their cause a mystery.
JUNEAU – Today, Representative Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) introduced legislation to protect Alaskans who are wrongfully convicted and subsequently serve time in prison.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three snowmachiners stranded in the Talkeetna Mountains, Feb. 25.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Guardsmen with B Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment helped pull a snowmachine and rider out of a hole in the ice on 20 Mile River at the end of Turnagain Arm Feb. 22.