NASA is commissioning a study team to start early in the fall to examine unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) – that is, observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena – from a scientific perspective. The study will focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future […]
(Juneau, AK) – Tuesday, Juneau Superior Court Judge Daniel Schally sentenced 48-year-old George Skeek to 24 years in jail with 12 years suspended and 12 years to serve for a conviction of one count of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree following a jury trial in June 2021. Skeek will be placed on […]
More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists. The scientists said the spread of taliks — volumes of unfrozen ground within areas of permafrost — has major […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to mile 56 of the Seward Highway at 12:35 pm on Thursday afternoon after hearing a report of a serious head on collision at that location. AST would close down all lanes of the highway as they conducted their investigation and the highway could be cleared. The investigation at the scene […]