ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-Chidiebere "Norman" Nwokorie, the Yellow Cab Taxi driver who allegedly raped a woman after picking her up while she was walking to the downtown area of Anchorage to pick up a cell phone battery for her phone, was quickly released on Sunday.
WASILLA, ALASKA-Steve Menard, a Wasilla Councilman, has apologized for for his behavior and actions while on Wasilla city business earlier this month in Sitka. According to the Westmark Hotel there, the councilman damaged the hotel room that he was staying in while representing Wasilla. They reported urine on two mattresses and a chair, vomit on […]
Washington, D.C. – The National Park Service (NPS) has temporarily closed the Washington Monument in order to properly evaluate the structure following yesterday's earthquake. The Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials were closed for a short period of time as a precaution, but reopened to the public as of about 7:20 p.m. There were no injuries to […]
ANCHORAGE-Two small Alaskan communities have received Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship grant according to a statement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development yesterday. They were two of 46 rural and tribal communities in 19 states to be awarded more than $28 million through the new Rural Innovation Fund.