JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott welcomed news that the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker accepted the state’s request for a disaster declaration on pink salmon harvests in the Gulf of Alaska last week. In accordance with Section 312 (a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act (MSA), […]
The second suspect, Kenya Berezkin, wanted for his involvement in the Government Hill shooting of Jesus Oropeza, was arraigned on Thursday, following his arrest on Wednesday, police report. Berezkin was apprehended after police learned of his location. He was placed under arrest on Wednesday evening and charged with Murder I, Murder II, and Robbery I. […]
A Fairbanks teen was arrested on terroristic threatening charges by troopers on Thursday following a call-in from school staff at West Valley High School at 9:48 am, the trooper dispatch reported. The call-in was the result of school staff finding a threat on a student’s Twitter account. It was discovered that 19-year-old Nickholas Palacio had […]
Juneau – Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Dean Westlake (D-Kotzebue) introduced a bill to establish the second Monday in October as an annual holiday in Alaska called “Indigenous Peoples Day.” “I’d like to bring Alaska to the forefront in showing support for Native peoples and cultures. We have lagged behind our neighbors in Canada in celebrating […]