U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday in response to North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that his nuclear button is “bigger” and “more powerful” than Kim’s. In reality, there is no nuclear button. Each nuclear-armed country has its own system for initiating a nuclear strike, however, most depend on the government’s leader to confirm his or […]
A driver of a vehicle seen driving recklessly by troopers in the Wasilla Walmart parking lot on Tuesday racked up multiple charges after a high-speed chase and a crash, troopers reported on Wednesday. At 11:22 pm, an AST officer on patrol spotted a driving recklessly in the parking lot and attempted to stop the driver, […]
(Fairbanks) — Counting caribou in Alaska’s largest herds has become more effective, thanks to a pair of newly acquired digital aerial camera systems. The systems replace World War II-era black-and-white film cameras previously used since the 1970s and enabled biologists last summer to pinpoint numbers for the Porcupine, Fortymile, Central Arctic, Teshekpuk, and Western Arctic […]
A Talkeetna man who had “barged” into a Big Lake house, intoxicated, and was causing a disturbance, was arrested on additional charges following an investigation by AST, the trooper dispatch revealed on Wednesday morning. An early morning call at 3:05 am on Wednesday found that 54-year-old John B. Wilson had gone into the home thinking […]