On July 21st, 1917, a salmon tender pulled into Seward with news of deaths in the major storms that had encompassed Cook Inlet. The crew on the tender reported that five fishermen were lost and two Kenai fish traps had been washed away as the storms lashed the coastline there. Fish traps dotted the seascape […]
(Homer, Alaska) – Tuesday, at the conclusion of a seven-day trial, a Homer jury convicted 61-year-old Bret Herrick of Anchor Point of the attempted murder of an Alaska State Trooper. Evidence at the trial showed that, on August 23, 2021, Bret Herrick was seen outside the Warehouse Grocery Store in Anchor Point by an employee […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Tuesday, an Anchorage jury found 26-year-old Kuach Chuol Kuach guilty of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, tampering with physical evidence, and misconduct involving weapons in the third degree for the 2017 killing of 22 year old Devan McDonald. The Honorable Judge Michael Wolverton presided over the five-week […]
HOMER, Alaska – Coast Guard Cutter Aspen arrived at its new homeport in Homer, Alaska, Tuesday, following an extensive dry dock period. Aspen spent more than five months away from home and transited over 8,746 miles to its new homeport after a major maintenance availability (MMA) in Baltimore, Md. “We are happy to be back […]