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• February 22nd, 1980 Feb 23, 2019
• Big Lake Woman Shoots, Injures Boyfriend during Argument Feb 22, 2019
    A Wasilla man suffered a non-lethal gunshot wound by his girlfriend during an altercation on Friday morning troopers said on the trooper dispatch today. AST responded to Meadow Lakes in Wasilla to investigate after receiving a report of the shooting at 8:31 am and found that 39-year-old Big Lake resident Sarah Butts had shot her […]
• GCI Announces Recipients of 2019 Nonprofit Partnership Program Feb 22, 2019
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — GCI announced the recipients of its 2019 philanthropy campaign – 12 nonprofit organizations that work to improve the lives of Alaskans across the state. Each of the 12 nonprofits will be highlighted by GCI during a monthly “spotlight” campaign that includes promotional signs and digital displays at GCI’s 30+ retail stores, features […]
• Unidentified Wasilla Driver Dies in Pittman Road Moose Collision Feb 22, 2019
    Alaska State Troopers are working to positively identify the identity of a driver who died as a result of a vehicle/moose collision near the intersection of Pittman Road and Greensward Drive in Wasilla at just before 4 am on Friday morning, troopers revealed in the trooper dispatch. The report of the accident went into trooper […]
• Intoxicated Fairbanks Driver Collides with, Shoots at Family in Vehicle Feb 22, 2019
    Alaska State Troopers say that they, along with the Fairbanks and North Pole police arrested an intoxicated Fairbanks driver who collided with and shot at a family that included four children on Chena Hot Springs near Nordale on Thursday night. According to the report, the incident was reported at 11:47 pm on Thursday saying that […]
• Anchorage Car Thief goes on Hours-Long Moving Crime Spree Tuesday Morning Feb 22, 2019
    An Anchorage car thief took Anchorage patrol officers on an extended pursuit throughout Anchorage during the early morning hours on Tuesday that ended in his apprehension before daylight. The prolonged and action-packed incident began at approximately 1 am on Tuesday at the Holiday gas station on C Street. It was there where a security […]
• Former Kotzebue Postmaster Indicted on Drug Conspiracy Charges Feb 22, 2019
    The United States Justice Department says that the 34-year-old former Postmaster in the community of Kotzebue faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of drug conspiracy and other charges leveled at him by a federal grand jury this week. Shaun Pete Snyder, the former postal worker from August 2005 […]
• 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Ecuador Feb 22, 2019
    The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says that a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador near the border with Peru early Monday morning. The quake’s epicenter was in a sparsely populated area 17 kilometer south of the town of Montalvo, at a depth of 132 km. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no […]
• US Hate Groups Hit Record Number Last Year Amid Increased Violence Feb 22, 2019
  WASHINGTON — The white supremacist group Identity Evropa more than doubled the number of its chapters. The violent neo-Nazi organization Atomwaffen Division grew from one chapter to 27. The white nationalist group and podcasting site The Right Stuff boasted 34 chapters. American hate groups had a bumper year in 2018 as a surge in black and […]
• February 21st, 1965 Feb 22, 2019