ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Homer woman with attempted interference with the navigation of a seaplane and negligent operations of a vessel. According to court documents, Marian Beck, 68, operated her vessel in a reckless manner as she made several close passing maneuvers in front of a […]
Rod Boyce of Two Rivers, Alaska, reports that he has noticed — at a time when the outside air’s temperature has not been above freezing since October — three butterflies living in his heated garage. Though we in middle Alaska will be thinking a lot about insects in a few months, mosquitoes and their kin […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of January 22 – January 28, 2023 and can be viewed here. Key Findings: COVID-19 transmission continued to occur in most parts of Alaska during the week of January 22 – January 28, 2023. There are some […]
JUNEAU – Wednesday, Senator Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) introduced legislation strengthening involuntary commitment statutes by adding a five-year option to current Alaska law. With this approach, the state can seek involuntary commitment of individuals who have been found incompetent to stand trial, have a history of repeated felony offenses against the person, and have prior 30, […]