The Alaska State Troopers were notified of a Domestic Violence Assault that took place in Akutan on Sunday afternoon in the Aleutian Chain community of Akutan. Troopers were unable to get to the isolated community either that Sunday or the following Monday. On Monday, June 16, another call went in to the troopers reporting that […]
President Obama, on Thursday afternoon, presented the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter in the Eat Room of the White House. 24-year-old Cpl Carpenter, along with Lance Cpl Nicholas Eufrazio, were assigned to a sandbag fortification atop a building in a small village in Helmand province on November […]
Fairbanks police continue to search for the man arrested on warrant charges on Tuesday night but escaped before he could be remanded to jail. Although leads have been phoned in on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, responding police still did not locate 28-year-old Julius “JT” Chambers. According to Fairbanks police Lt. Dan Welborn, Chambers was arrested […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today successfully added a key amendment to the 2015 State and Foreign Operations spending bill to restore the J-1 Visa program through Fiscal Year 2015 and help Alaska’s seafood processors statewide hire needed staff – after the State Department had suspended visas due to concerns rising from Lower 48 activities. […]