At 6:53 pm on Tuesday, September 30th, the Nunapitchuk VPSO called in to the Bethel-based troopers to report a possible death near the community. The village VPSO relayed to troopers that wood collecters on the Johnson River came upon a partially submerged skiff in the river and shortly after discovered a deceased individual about 20 […]
A two-month-long investigation into thefts in the Anchorage and Wasilla areas ended in arrests on Thursday. The investigation found that David and Genevieve McGrath, both 21-years of age, “were responsible for the theft of several hundred items valued at approximately $10,000 from local retailers,” the trooper dispatch reported. When drug connections in the case were […]
Once again, Pacific Walrus are hauling out on the beaches in northwestern Alaska as the sea ice retreats beyond their reach. NOAA estimates as many as 35,000 have hauled out onto the beach five miles to the north of Point Lay. Prior to the massive melts that have occurred in recent years because of climate change […]
The atmospheric conditions associated with the unprecedented drought in California are very likely linked to human-caused climate change, researchers report. Climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University and colleagues used a novel combination of computer simulations and statistical techniques to show that a persistent region of high atmospheric pressure over the Pacific Ocean–one that diverted […]