The Natural Resources Trustees for the M/V Selendang Ayu oil spill have released a draft Assessment Plan for public review. In December of 2004, the M/V Selendang Ayu shipping vessel ran aground and split in half, spilling oil and its soybean cargo on the northern shores of Unalaska Island. The draft Assessment Plan describes the […]
A Saturday night traffic stop on the Sterling Highway ended in death for a Sterling motorist after being fired on by the arresting trooper, the trooper dispatch revealed this weekend. Troopers report that an Alaska State Trooper pulled over 49-year-old Sterling resident Jon Ployhar on a routine traffic stop at mile 82 of the Sterling […]
The former head of the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Steven Osborne, was sentenced in Federal Court on Thursday, for theft of over $145,000 from that organization, the Department of Justice revealed on Thursday. Osborne, the former Executive Director of the non-profit tribal advocacy group from 2007 until his resignation in 2009, admitted in court to stealing […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and members of his gasline team will host a briefing for lawmakers and the general public on Sat., Oct. 24 from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. in preparation for the gasline special session. The event will be held at Centennial Hall in Juneau and will be aired live on Gavel to […]