Welcome news was released by oil companies Repsol and Armstrong Oil and Gas, announcing their discovery of significant onshore oil on Alaska’s North Slope today on the Horseshoe prospect. While it had been previously announced that light oil had been discovered, Thursday’s announcement extended the Nanushuk Play in the Pikka Unit by approximately 20 miles and […]
Troopers have concluded their investigation and released the names of the victim and her attacker in the fatal Domestic Disturbance incident on March 1st in Fairbanks. The woman found deceased when troopers responded to the domestic disturbance call on the morning of March 1 has been identified as 43-year-old Christina Hallum. Her son, the aggressor […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time. The wing’s divestiture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron’s C-130s marks a sea […]
JUNEAU – In advancing his plan to build a safer Alaska, Governor Bill Walker introduced three bills today to increase protection for vulnerable residents and allow for greater trooper presence throughout the state. This action is part of the governor’s larger plan to increase public safety, and reduce the high rates of violence and substance […]