[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Public Safety Communication Center in Soldotna traced a 911 call that came into the center at 12:03 am on Saturday morning where screaming and sounds of a disturbance could be heard in the background. The call was traced to a residence in Seward. Armed with that information, troopers responded to the address. When troopers arrived […]
[dropcap][/dropcap]In the 1990s, the endangered status of the short-tailed albatross catalyzed efforts to reduce the number of birds accidentally killed as bycatch in Alaska, home to the country’s biggest fisheries. Marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin, at Washington Sea Grant at the University of Washington, and research associate Kim Dietrich, an independent contractor, were at the […]
“So, you get to write the obituary for Alaska,” George Divoky said. The seasoned biologist with the quick-twitch brain had spotted me, notebook in hand, standing near his poster at the December 2018 meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C. Divoky’s greeting left me without words, but I knew what he meant. […]
A Wasilla man suffered a non-lethal gunshot wound by his girlfriend during an altercation on Friday morning troopers said on the trooper dispatch today. AST responded to Meadow Lakes in Wasilla to investigate after receiving a report of the shooting at 8:31 am and found that 39-year-old Big Lake resident Sarah Butts had shot her […]