On Monday, August 21, 2017, Bill Walker and Byron Mallott filed for reelection at the Division of Elections in Juneau, Alaska for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. The incumbents once again filed as non-partisan candidates, commonly referred to as “independent”. A lifelong Republican, Walker changed his affiliation to non-partisan in 2014. Mallott will maintain his affiliation […]
The United State Coast Guard, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the city of Unalaska and Resolve Marine Services continue in their response to the 166-foot fishing vessel Akutan near Dutch Harbor coordinating removal of anhydrous ammonia and several other petroleum products from the boat in danger of sinking. Earlier in the month, the Akutan […]
The Ted Stevens International Airport Air Traffic Controller, 33-year-old Justin Schneider, who was arrested on August 8th, following a violent attack on a woman at 36th and Wisconsin in Spenard, has now been indicted by an Anchorage grand jury on Assault and Kidnapping charges, APD reports. It was on Tuesday before last that Schneider offered […]
A 7th grade teacher at the Yupiit School District was arrested following a nine-count indictment handed down by a grand jury. Prosecutors asked the public to help them locate 37-year-old John Paul Donald Douglas following the issuing of a $50,000 plus court-approved third party custodian warrant as a result of that indictment. The Alaska Bureau […]