It was announced on Thursday by the U.S. Economic Development Administration that a grant of $697,991 was awarded to the Association of Village Council Presidents for the purchase of training equipment for use in training workers in mechanical disciplines in the aviation industry. The grant was issued to off-set the recent failures in the fishing industries in the […]
The Taliban launched its annual “spring offensive” Monday with a series of attacks across Afghanistan.In the eastern city of Jalalabad, militants entered a provincial justice ministry building, triggering a shootout with police. Two policemen and at least four civilians were killed before the three attackers, including a suicide bomber, were killed in the provincial […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Kotzebue responded to a report of shooting in the community of Ambler on Saturday afternoon. After responding to the scene, speaking with witnesses and investigating the call, the trooper investigation revealed that 34-year-old Harry Moreno of Ambler had shot at the VPO in the community through the door. It was […]
Troopers responded to the scene of a vehicle roll-over on the Knik River streambed near Jim Creek early Saturday morning to find that an Anchorage man had died when the truck another was driving, rolled and crushed him under it. Troopers identified the man as 23-year-old Shawn Bounds of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Troopers identified the driver as […]