Alaska’s old law prohibiting the use of certain visual display screen devices while driving did not prohibit texting while driving, according to an Alaska Court of Appeals decision issued this week. The decision upholds Kenai Peninsula Magistrate Jennifer K. Wells’ action that called the law into question and inspired Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and former […]
October temperatures were above normal across the state throughout the month with all 20 first order stations reporting positive deviations. The only day with a negative divergence occurred October 1. The month’s peak deviation was 15.5 degrees Fahrenheit, which coincided with a storm impacting Southcentral and the Interior on the 28th
Anchorage —As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Wednesday held a lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) that generated nearly $2.9 million.
The state of Alaska has announced that it has dropped the manslaughter charge against the man accused of the manslaughter death of 14-year-old Jena Dolstad who passed away on December 29th, 2011.