The disastrous 2015-16 Dungeness crab season, delayed and shortened by an unprecedented bloom of toxic algae, is a bitter memory for the West Coast fishing industry. The culprit was domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by marine algae and discovered in 1987 as the cause of amnesic shellfish poisoning. Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have […]
A caller reported to AST in Fairbanks that she had just witnessed a head-on collision near mile six of the Chena Hot Springs Road at 5:52 pm on Wednesday, troopers responded promptly to the scene. When EMS and troopers arrived at the accident location, they found one dead and one injured in a two-car collision […]
Anchorage police are investigating a shooting incident in Mountain View’s 4400-block of 3rd Avenue following a call-in at 2:55 pm this afternoon. When they responded to the scene, they discovered the male victim had been shot multiple times. The man was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive his wounds. According to […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to mile 206 of the Parks Highway on Tuesday evening after receiving a report of a single vehicle accident at that lcoation at 7:35 pm, the trooper dispatch reported. While en-route to the accident scene, troopers received notification from on-scene personnel, that there was a fatality and another victim seriously injured. […]