Fairbanks, Alaska—On Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska time, scientists launched a NASA sounding rocket from Poker Flat Research Range into a brilliant aurora display. The rocket mission, designed to gather information on space weather conditions that affect satellite communications, was a success.
MIAMI—Lavont Flanders Jr., 41, of Miami Gardens, Fla., and Emerson Callum, 45, of Miami, were both sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore to 12 consecutive terms of life in prison on sex trafficking charges, announced Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Agent […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man experiencing chest pains from a 273-foot fishing vessel 15 miles south of St. Paul Island at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard District 17 watchstanders received a call at 9:07 p.m. Sunday from Rescue Coordination Center Australia with a report that a crewmember on the Panamanian-flagged motor vessel Global Bay was suffering from abdominal pain and possible appendicitis.