Anchorage – Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) will highlight the importance of voting to our democracy during events Tuesday in Anchorage as part of National Voter Registration Day. Rep. Tarr will host voter registration events in the Mountain View and Airport Heights neighborhoods of Anchorage. “Voting is a core component of our democracy, but you give […]
Cargo Ranking: Up one spot to #5 in the world, remains #2 in the US (ANCHORAGE, AK) — Airport Council International (ACI) released its Annual World Airport Traffic Report yesterday with 2017 numbers. Last year, more than 2.7 million tonnes of cargo transited through the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Airport Manager, Jim Szczesniak said, “The […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Transportation officials are concerned about a recent case of vandalism at the Kasigluk Airport that prevented a medivac flight from landing on Sept. 19. Vandals smashed 43 runway lights sometime in the evening hours of Wednesday, Sept. 19, leaving the runway dark. Several hours later, at approximate midnight on Thursday, Sept. 20, a medivac flight en route […]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 ANCHORAGE – The recent sentencing of Justin Schneider highlighted a loophole in Alaska’s longstanding sex offense laws. Schneider entered a plea agreement for felony assault after he strangled and masturbated on an unconscious woman. For at least a decade, causing unwanted contact with semen has not been considered a sex offense under […]