While speaking at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks on Thursday, Alaska's Governor Sean Parnell announced a statewide education initiative that would would digitally link teachers, courses and students across the state. The governor also awarded the Shirley Demientieff Award, and announced the state's a proposal to enter into agreements with tribal courts.
The National Park Service is asking hikers and bikers to stay away from the work-zone on the Denali Park Road at mile 37 where a massive landslide has covered the road to depths of approximately 35 feet deep due to the instability of the slope.
An Alaska State Trooper responding to a call near the Russian village of Nikolaevsk at a Knob Hill residence suffered an accident on the way to the scene on Thursday night.
A strong earthquake hit Japan early Saturday off of the coast of that country at 3:10 am(Friday 9:10 am-Alaska time) measuring a magnitude of 7.1. The quake was generated at a depth of six miles beneath the ocean floor.