On Monday April 24, HB 68, Governor Dunleavy’s sex trafficking bill, was moved out of the House Judiciary Committee. If passed, HB 68 will make ordinary prostitution a class B felony for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors. House Bill 68 initially criminalized common safety measures taken by sex workers and sex trafficking survivors alike […]
Long-Tailed Duck — Aaraliq Aaralit amlertut ikani.—There are a lot of long-tailed ducks over there. The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a small, diving, sea duck. This species breeds in lakes and ponds across the high arctic, and then migrates south to winter in the waters along the north Pacific and north Atlantic coasts. The long-tailed […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Three Soldiers were killed and one injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright crashed Thursday near Healy. The helicopters were returning from a training mission when they collided in flight. Two soldiers were declared dead at the scene of the […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers say that the remains of a Cordova bird hunter have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage after his discovery on Egg Island on Tuesday. The overdue bird hunter, identified as Alex Arduser, of Cordova, was reported overdue after the pilot who had been scheduled to pick him up […]