JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk crew rescued three people from a sunken jet boat on the Lace River near Berners Bay approximately 36 miles northwest of Juneau Thursday night. The aircrew hoisted a woman and two men and transported them to awaiting emergency medical personnel on shore in Juneau. Coast Guard Sector Juneau command […]
Just a week after an Anchorage Grand Jury handed down an indictment against Riek William Gat, implicated in the August 22nd slaying of Michael Mitchell on Campbell Airstrip Road, he is now in custody, Anchorage Police report. With the assistance of U.S. Marshals, Gat was located all the way on the other side of the […]
A deceased 74-year-old Soldotna man was recovered from the Delta River on Wednesday evening, troopers reported. Troopers received a report of a man in the Delta River at 2:54 pm on Wednesday. State and Wildlife Troopers, the Fort Greely Fire Department, the Rural Deltana Fire Department, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Helo-5 and Army Black Rapids Training […]