JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate moved Friday to better ensure injured workers receive timely benefits payments with the passage of Senate Bill 183 by a vote of 17 to 1. Sponsored by the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee, the bill would allow the Workers’ Compensation Benefits Guarantee Fund to retain its fiscal year-end balance to […]
NEW YORK — Police clashed late Thursday with pro-Palestinian protesters at Ohio State University and Emery University in Atlanta as college demonstrations continue across the country against U.S. support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Demonstrations have been held on campuses from Boston and Atlanta in the east to Texas and Los Angeles […]
Dangerous — Uluranaq TRaapat allrani uluranartaartut. – Ladders are sometimes dangerous. Danger is a recurring theme in the modern place names of the Kodiak Archipelago. Terror Bay, Stormy Point, Tombstone Rocks, Dark Passage, Dangerous Cape, Shark Point, Deadman Bay, and Danger Bay are some of the place names that have made their way to modern […]
The FBI is seeking to identify potential victims. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to coerce and entice a minor in 2023. According to court documents, in July 2023, Benjamin Roundy, aka “Aleks” or “Alekzander Marko,” 42, began communicating with an individual he believed was a 13-year-old girl on an […]