Nearly two-thirds of Americans now favor the legalization of marijuana, the highest percentage yet. According to a poll by Gallup, 64 percent of Americans favor legalizing the plant. When Gallup starting asking Americans the question in 1969, only 12 percent of Americans were for legalizing marijuana. “The trajectory of Americans’ views on marijuana is similar […]
APD reports that minutes after receiving calls reporting shots fired in the Mountain View area, a man flagged down an officer on patrol in the 100-block of Ridgeline Loop at 12:57 pm and told the officer “Someone tried to rob and shoot him.” The victim informed the officer that he had ridden home from the […]
WASHINGTON — The United States appears to be flexing its military might in the Pacific, sending three aircraft carriers to the region for potential exercises. Pentagon officials Thursday downplayed the deployment of the USS Nimitz, the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Theodore Roosevelt to the region, saying it had been planned “for quite a while.” […]
A Ketchikan man has been arrested on Murder I charges after confessing to shooting another Ketchikan man on Prince of Wales island early Wednesday morning, the trooper dispatch revealed on Thursday. According to the report, 26-year-old Timothy Murphy was arrested after shooting 64-year-old Brian Stanton at Keete Inlet on Prince of Wales Island. Troopers were […]