Searchers in Fairbanks continue to search for a man who was last seen slipping beneath the surface of the Chena River near the Peger Road Bridge on Tuesday afternoon. The man, who authorities have yet to identify, was one of four people who went into the water after their raft overturned on the river at about […]
Alaska State troopers and report that the two subjects of an extensive Mat-Su manhunt on Wednesday were apprehended on Thursday evening. 38-year-old big Lake resident, Joshua Watford and 28-year-old Amber Watford, became the subjects of a massive manhunt that included Alaska State troopers, Alaska Wildlife troopers, HELO-3, as well as an Anchorage Police Department K-9 […]
President Barack Obama used the backdrop of a rapidly melting Alaskan glacier to highlight the effects of climate change, as he continued his landmark visit to the far northwest state. “This is as good a sign post of what we are dealing with, when it comes to climate change, than anything,” said Obama, standing in […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott applauded Sunday’s announcement from the Department of Interior and the White House to officially change the name of Mount McKinley to Denali. This announcement comes after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order officially changing the name of North America’s tallest mountain. “For decades, […]