Governor Walker Appoints Sheldon Fisher as Revenue Commissioner
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker today announced that he has appointed Sheldon Fisher as Department of Revenue Commissioner. Mr. Fisher,…
Land-sea Experiment will Track Earthquakes, Volcanoes along Alaska Peninsula
The National Science Foundation is funding the largest marine seismic-monitoring effort yet along the Alaska Peninsula, a region with frequent…
APD Seeks Man Wanted in 2016 Park Strip Kidnapping
After almost a one-year investigation, Anchorage police have released the name of the fourth man involved in the November 1st…
Man Sentenced to Prison for Beating Hawaiian Monk Seal
It took less than an hour for the video to go viral; less than 2 days for federal, state, and…
Store Owner Who Contributed to Peninsula Spice Epidemic Sentenced
Kenai Peninsula residents and law enforcement say that since the arrrest of Philip Drake Kneeland for Spice Distribution, the Spice…
Measuring Whales from the Air – Hexacopter Photogrammetry of Cook Inlet Beluga Wwhales
For the first time, we are using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), a hexacopter, to collect photographs of the endangered…
Washington Halts on Net Pen Permits until Investigation is Complete
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has put a hold on any new permits for net pens until a thorough investigation is…
Trump Ends Obama’s Childhood Deportation Protections
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end a program that shielded 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, but…
Anchorage Man Confesses to Multiple Counts of Child Sexual Abuse
APD investigators report that after a five-day investigation, an Anchorage man confessed to charges of Sexual abuse of multiple minors.…
APD Reminds Community about Taking the Law into your Own Hands
On 8/31/17 at 7:26 p.m., Dispatch received a report of shots fired between two vehicles with possible injuries in the…