This Day in Alaska History-March 13th, 1918

This Day in Alaska History-March 13th, 1918

    On March 13th, 1918, after many years of violating the Sherman Anti-trust Act, Booth Fisheries Company, (Delaware), Booth Fisheries Company, (Washington), The Chlopeck Fish Company, Inc, International Fisheries Company, San Juan Fishing and Packing Company, and, Occidental Fish Company, known collectively as the Fish Trust, pleaded nolo contender and were fined for their offense. […]

Murkowski, Sullivan Announce $629 Million Funding to Boost Alaska’s Internet Connectivity

Murkowski, Sullivan Announce $629 Million Funding to Boost Alaska’s Internet Connectivity

  Washington, DC—Tuesday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) welcomed the approval of Alaska’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), including more than $629 million in initial deployment awards to expand broadband access across the state. These investments will help narrow the […]

Eagle River man sentenced to 10 years for possessing a firearm as a felon/domestic violence

Eagle River man sentenced to 10 years for possessing a firearm as a felon/domestic violence

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for using a prohibited firearm during a crime of domestic violence. According to court documents, in November 2023, Anchorage police officers were called after a bystander contacted a female victim after she escaped a domestic violence assault. The victim […]

Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

  (Anchorage, Alaska) – Tuesday, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced lawsuits against six crowdfunding platforms—GoFundMe, Pay Pal Inc, Charity Navigator, Just Giving, Pledge to and Network for Good—for creating donation pages for charities without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuits allege that these companies used publicly available data to generate fundraising pages for over […]