The remains of missing hiker, Teri Heuscher, age 53, have been recovered and positively identified through dental records, Juneau police report. Heuscher’s remains were discovered by a duck hunter, who found parts of a skull and a lower jaw at a campsite at the base of Thunder Mountain. Heuscher was reported missing on the evening […]
Ketchikan police say that a man from that city turned himself in for the murder of another Ketchikan man on Friday afternoon. Police were called to perform a welfare check on 55-year-old Richard Branda by a caller that has not been publicly identified. The4 Police went to the area at the cruise ship docks near […]
October 9, 2017 ANCHORAGE — Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott today join Alaskans statewide in honoring Indigenous Peoples Day, and recognizing the history and heritage of Alaska’s First Peoples. Earlier this year, Governor Walker signed House Bill 78 into law, formally establishing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. In […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced that they have compiled the preliminary harvest and value figures for the 2017 Alaska commercial salmon fishery (PDF 130 kB). Although there are still fish being caught, the vast majority of the 2017 salmon fisheries has come to an end. The 2017 commercial salmon fishery […]