‘We Don’t Know… How Bad It Is’: 31-Car Oil Train Derails Into Iowa Floodwaters
Adding to the mountain of evidence that “oil trains are a disaster for our health, our safety, and our climate”—an argument environmentalists…
Too Early to Tell on Impact of Tariffs
While the US and China are in a war of words involving tariffs on billions of dollars in imports to…
Alaskans Provide Testimony During Senate Subsistence Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs this week held an oversight hearing to focus on promoting traditional…
APD Conducts Operation Midnight Sun with Federal, State and Local Partners
O n June 18th, the Anchorage Police Department (APD) kicked off Operation Midnight Sun with its federal, state and local…
Coast Guard Detains Fishing Vessel Run Da, Seizes 80 Tons of Salmon
JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley detained the fishing vessel Run Da suspected of…
Warming in the North Continues as Predicted
Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking…
Nikki Haley Attacks UN Report on US Poverty
Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday a U.N. report on poverty within the country…
Anchorage Man Found Guilty in August Assault Case
An Anchorage man who threatened to shoot his girlfriend and fled police with his girlfriend’s friend in the back of…
Coast Guard, Sitka Fire Rescue, good Samaritans rescue 6 near Long Island in Sitka Sound
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, a Sitka Fire Rescue crew, and four…
Governor Walker’s Legislation Closing out Oil Tax Credit Program becomes Law
FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker on Wednesday signed House Bill 331 into law, closing out the remaining debt the State…