The call came in to NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network 24-hour hotline the morning of July 19. A whale-watching company near Ketchikan had spotted a humpback whale entangled in line and dragging unmarked buoys. NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement in Ketchikan responded, verified the whale’s location in Blank Inlet on the south side of Gravina Island, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday afternoon, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews sentenced Steavin Martin to 35 years and one day of active jail time for a conviction of Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree. He was also sentenced to 20 years active jail time for his conviction of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, which […]
Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at the age of 100, personified U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations, serving as secretary of state under both presidents and inviting both praise for his diplomatic successes and controversy for his calculating political view of the world. His death was announced by his consulting firm and […]
“Instead of doing the necessary work to fight climate change, Biden continues to support the expansion of fossil fuels here in the U.S.,” said one advocate. As world leaders prepared to head to Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference on Tuesday, the U.S. Interior Department underscored President Joe Biden’s nonattendance at the summit by […]