Pilot Program Deployment of Body Cameras Planned for Spring 2023 [content id=”52927″] (Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety has released a draft copy of their body worn camera policy for public feedback. The new policy will govern the use of body worn cameras, personal audio recorders, and dash cameras under the title […]
“Greenlighting the Willow Project would banish President Biden’s climate legacy to one of irreparable and downright shameful environmental destruction,” said a campaigner with Friends of the Earth. The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday published an environmental assessment that recommends partial approval of a major drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, prompting a […]
“We need a law on the books that will affirm these lands are not for sale, preserve the wilderness of the Coastal Plain, and uphold the sovereignty of Arctic Indigenous peoples,” said Sen. Ed Markey, one of the bill’s lead sponsors. Indigenous, climate, and conservation advocates on Wednesday welcomed the reintroduction of congressional legislation […]
Reports of a vehicle in the ditch on Northern Lights near Bragaw Street prompted APD patrol officers to respond to the location to investigate. When officers arrived, they observed three individuals working to dig the stuck vehicle out. Officers made contact and collected identification from the three. As a background check was being conducted, one […]