JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in November, essentially unchanged from October’s revised 6.9 percent. Alaska’s adjusted rate has been trending higher throughout 2016. The comparable national rate was 4.6 percent. November’s unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point, which is a typical seasonal increase. Unadjusted rates […]
UPDATE: This individual, posted as a missing person by APD, was in fact, not missing, the family reported today. She had only been out of contact for two-to-three days because of a dead phone. As a courtesy to her family, we have removed the body of the article and all identifying factors, such as last name […]
The top human rights official at the United Nations on Tuesday called for an investigation of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte after Duterte claimed he personally killed several alleged criminals. UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein called on Philippine authorities to launch a murder investigation into claims Duterte made Friday in which he said he […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright soldier died in a single vehicle accident in Fairbanks Friday, Dec. 16. Pfc. Logan Scott Cote, 19, of Austin, Texas, was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in left the road and overturned on the Johansen Expressway between Danby Street and College […]