This Day in Alaska History-September 7th
On September 7, 1952, the Canadian Pacific coastal liner SS Princess Kathleen met disaster at Point Lena, near Juneau, Alaska.…
Man Driving While at Four Times Legal Limit Arrested on Kenai Peninsula
On Thursday, just before 3 pm, Alaska Wildlife Troopers (AWT) observed a white pickup truck in the ditch near the…
This Day in Alaska History-September 6th, 1867
On September 6, 1867, Union Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis-not the Confederate president Jefferson Davis-was appointed the first commander…
Ancient ‘cheetah’ adapted to a fish-based diet to survive
When the now-extinct American cheetah was enduring the last ice age, a glaciated barrier broke up its territory into two…
Fairbanks Brother Places Chokehold on Sibling Multiple Times, Arrested for Assault
On last Sunday. at about 5:30 pm, Alaska State Troopers responded to a Fairbanks residence regarding a reported mental health…
Q&A: The Arctic melt season is now more than a month longer than it was in the 1980s, according to new UW research
Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most of us rely…
‘Outrageous’: Pentagon Secretly Working to Divert Billions From National Institutes of Health
“These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense,” said Rep. Rosa…
Trump EPA Takes ‘Yet Another Sledgehammer’ to Clean Water Act
“This proposal declares open season on the nation’s waterways,” one critic charged. President Donald Trump’s administration sparked fresh fury on…
This Day in Alaska History-September 5th, 1881
When Mottrom Dulany Ball left Virginia for Alaska in 1878, he was not setting out to become a pioneer…
Former employee indicted for embezzling from Native Village of Mary’s Igloo Traditional Council
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last month charging a former employee of a…