Settlements have been reached between Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc, and Shell Offshore, Inc with the Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Air Act during the brief period that they were in operation in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas according to the EPA.
While pushing another vehicle with her 1993 red Chevy pickup, 70-year-old Sharon Wiertsema was struck by a 2006 red Freightliner Tractor as it was attempting to pass her and the vehicle she was pushing at mile 87 of the Parks Highway on Wednesday night.
Two men were arrested and jailed on felony charges after a pistol was fired in the men’s restroom of the Pioneer Bar Sunday afternoon.
It was announced on Friday by Alaska's Governor, Sean Parnell that he had declared an economic disaster for the residents of Saint Lawrence Island for the Walrus harvest that came in a mere 36 percent of the prior ten-year average.