Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Keeps Newborns Safe with Hugs and Kisses®
SITKA, ALASKA, February 5, 2018 — Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital (MEH) recently installed and deployed the Hugs Wi-Fi Infant Protection solution,…
State urges U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Ninth Circuit decision in Sturgeon case
ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska Monday in an amicus brief urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear John Sturgeon’s…
Council on Domestic Violence to Send Emergency Funding to Emmonak Women’s Shelter
On February 1, 2018 the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to support…
Alaska National Guard Develops Wargaming Scenario to Identify Gaps in Emergency Response
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard will host a guided discussion wargame, “Arctic Stardust 2018,” with military…
Largest Earthquake on the Planet, Until Proven Otherwise
What’s this? Another aftershock? That’s hundreds now, each fainter than the last. Sorry, I guess I’ve moved on. I should…
Conservation Groups Challenge Illegal Western Arctic Lease Sales in Court
ANCHORAGE – Conservation and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to protect the nation’s largest public lands reserve from oil…
Hundreds of Commercial Fishermen ask Legislators to Pass Stand for Salmon Bill
JUNEAU – Thursday, commercial fishermen in the Stand for Salmon coalition delivered nearly 200 letters from their colleagues to the State…
Scientists Find Massive Reserves of Mercury Hidden in Permafrost
Researchers have discovered that thawing permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere stores twice as much mercury as the rest of the…
Homer Woman Busted for Passing Fake Bills in Anchor Point
Alaska State Troopers, on Friday received a call in reporting that a 24-year-old Homer woman had attempted to pass, on…
Two Identified as Tuesday’s Sportsman’s Warehouse Robbery Suspects
The Anchorage Police Department revealed on Thursday that warrants have been issued and the two men responsible for the Sportsman’s Warehouse…