Two Interior Alaska men were rescued in a successful Search and Rescue on Wednesday after being lost and on foot overnight for over 12 hours, the trooper dispatch revealed on Wednesday. According to the report, at 10:30 am, the Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers were notified via a 911 call that 45-year-old George Claffy of Fairbanks […]
The Anchorage Police Depart report that they now have a man in custody in connection with the fatal January 24th Arson fire/homicide that took place in a four-plex on the 900 block of West 23rd Street. On Tuesday, a $550,000 warrant was issued for the arrest of 51-year-old Jimmy Dale Cates for Murder I, Murder II […]
BOULDER, Colo., March 22, 2017—Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the third straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. On March 7, sea ice extent over the Arctic Ocean reached 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles), then gradually began […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker thanked the Alaska Legislature for taking a crucial step to build a safer Alaska by passing Senate Bill 91, which extends the State’s Chief Medical Officer’s authority to distribute the life-saving drug naloxone statewide. Governor Walker signed the bill this afternoon from his office in Juneau. “This is the first […]