Hopes of an International Peace Conference to end the conflict in Syria anytime soon is dimming after Syria's President Bashar al-Assad announced in Damascus that no political solution will be sought until after the "terrorists" are crushed.
The United States reopened some of its diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa on Monday, while 19 embassies and consulates in the region remain closed due to security concerns.
Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a 1990 Ford Sedan on Friday evening at 9:55 pm.
It was on Thursday afternoon that the 24-foot "Tanya Faith" left Sitka traveling to Redfish Bay to fish for Sockeye salmon. Two of the fishermen aboard the vessel would not return to Sitka alive.