FAIRBANKS, ALASKA – The Doyon, Limited board of directors voted to approve a shareholder dividend in the amount of $3.88 per share, or $388 per 100 shares,during their quarterly meeting in Fairbanks on August 20, 2011. The dividend will be distributed to shareholders on December 6, 2011.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Attorney General John J. Burns and other state attorneys general today called for information from Backpage.com on how it is attempting to remove advertising for sex trafficking, especially ads that could involve minors.
CHUGINADAK ISLAND, ALASKA-Mount Cleveland, a strato-volcano perched on Chuginadak island, was downgraded from "watch" to "advisory" yesterday its aviation code was reset to "Yellow." Volcanologists have been watching this volcano throughout the summer months after satellite images had shown that it was once again stirring to life.
FRANKFURT, GERMANY-Arid Uka, the Kosovo Albanian accused of killing two U.S. Airmen and wounding two others before his gun jammed, confessed in a German Court today. He told the court that "what I did was wrong, but I cannot undo what I did." He also told the court that he had become increasingly radicalized by […]