Two Anchorage men, identified as Maurice Abad Malabed, aka “Moe,” 47, and David Patrick Christensen, 29, both of Anchorage, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on drug trafficking charges, it was reported by the Justice Department on Thursday. According to the DOJ report, Malabed and Christiansen, were attempting to import at least 50 […]
The Bureau of Land Management announced on Wednesday that the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) oil and gas lease sale generated $18.8 million, 50% of which, $9.4 million will be turned over to the state of Alaska. A total of 92 bids were submitted. According to BLM, “The sale offered 145 tracts comprising approximately 1.4 million […]
A search and rescue operation between Deering and Nome ended successfully after an approximately 12-hour search between the communities, troopers revealed in the trooper dispatch. According to the report, troopers and the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue Office were informed of an overdue traveller, identified as 34-year-old Ingram Melton, who had not shown up […]
It was announced on Friday by U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler of the Justice Department, that 48-year-old Margaret Ann Solomon, who worked as an Evidence Custodian for the North Slope Borough Police Department, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for Embezzling. In addition, Solomon, who worked for the NSBPD from 2006 until 2012, […]