(Seattle) NANA Oilfield Services, Inc. violated federal oil spill prevention and response rules at its Deadhorse, Alaska, fuel storage and distribution facility, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA found multiple violations of Clean Water Act spill prevention rules and spill response requirements at the facility. “Companies that store large amounts […]
During the early morning hours of Friday, the community of Kivalina awoke to a fire raging at the Kivalina Store, the only store in the community. It is estimated that the fire at the store took place at approximately 1:30 am this morning. By the time that the Kivalina Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze […]
The Buckland School personnel in the Arctic Borough School District”locked the school down” for the safety of the school and the staff on Wednesday morning following a call deemed “Terroristic Threatening” at 9:15 am. 34-year-old Buckland resident Fred Armstrong called in to the school on Wednesday morning and “made allegations that his four-year-old daughter […]
The trial of 47-year-old Teddy K. Smith of Kiana came to a conclusion on Tuesday with the jury finding Smith “guilty” of two counts of Attempted Murder, two counts of Robbery I, two counts of of Theft II and two counts of Assault I after fours of deliberation. The trail that led to the courtroom […]