Authorities in Whittier arrested two men after one of the men disembarked from the M/V Kennicott and the other arrived to pick him up with a backpack stuffed with 33 pounds of methamphetamine on Friday. Federal documents filed with the Alaska District Attorney’s office showed that Eric James Hansen boarded the Kennicott in Bellingham and […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is booming with construction and development is well underway this summer. One hundred million dollars in airfield construction is already underway. Investments are also being made by the airport’s tenants. Alaska Airlines is nearing completion of their $40 million dollar hangar and today the airport […]
AST reported on Friday that they have six suspects in custody in connection of the July 22nd murder of North Pole man 60-year-old Charles Baptiste. An intense five-day investigation by Fairbanks police, the FBI, DEA, SDEU, and troopers culminated in the arrest of 38-year-old Joshua Erickson, Mealani Jones, age 36, Jerimiah Kinnish, 35, Kyle Morris, […]
WASHINGTON D.C.— During a Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee hearing recently, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questioned Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative, on the administration’s plans to ensure our trade policy allows seafood producers to thrive, citing China’s recently announced 25 percent tariff on American seafood imports. “It has clearly rattled […]