Alaska State Troopers caught up with a Soldotna man who skipped out on a court appearance in two cases in January after he ran on foot into the woods in the area of Isaak Road in Soldotna on Wednesday. Troopers attempted to pull over a man, later identified as 27-year-old Dalton T. Roberts, as he […]
Welcome news was released by oil companies Repsol and Armstrong Oil and Gas, announcing their discovery of significant onshore oil on Alaska’s North Slope today on the Horseshoe prospect. While it had been previously announced that light oil had been discovered, Thursday’s announcement extended the Nanushuk Play in the Pikka Unit by approximately 20 miles and […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new environmental chief said Thursday that carbon dioxide emissions are not a chief contributor to global warming. “I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see,” Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box.’ “But we don’t know that […]
A Kotlik man is jailed in Emmonak awaiting arraignment on multiple weapons and assault charges following a potentially deadly disturbance call on Wednesday morning, the trooper dispatch reports. Troopers based in Emmonak were alerted to an incident that played out in Kotlik on Thursday morning. According to the trooper report, troopers responded to the community […]