Ketchikan-based troopers were alerted by Ketchikan Flight Services of an aircraft enroute to Ketchikan from Klawock attempting to make an emergency landing after missing the Ketchikan airport in the midst of snow showers just before losing contact on Friday morning. The call to troopers went in at 8:26 am reporting that an aircraft, owned by […]
NOAA Fisheries provided notice of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The commercial IFQ halibut season opens Saturday, March 11, 2017. At its annual meeting in January, the IPHC recommended to the governments of Canada and the United States catch limits for 2017 totaling 31.4 million pounds, a 5 percent […]
JUNEAU – This week, economists with the Alaska Department of Revenue produced a report analyzing how much Alaska generates in oil production taxes after the state pays out subsidies in the form of oil tax credits. The report shows that in the next fiscal year, FY 2018, the state of Alaska is slated to pay […]
It was announced by the US Justice Department on Thursday that a Federal Grand Jury has handed down a 15-count indictment against four Fairbanks men for Conspiracy, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. According to U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler, the four Fairbanks men, Shawn DeHart, 44, Jeremy David McGee, 51, Jonathon Gustafson, 27, and Nathan […]