WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced the next steps she is taking to fight back against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of genetically engineered (GE) fish for human consumption. Senator Murkowski has long been adamantly opposed to the approval of GE salmon, introducing legislation and inserting a provision […]
Alaska State Troopers reported via the trooper dispatch that they continue to look for two escapees that walked away from the North Star Center in Fairbanks over the summer. Troopers say they are looking for 35-year-old Ryan Forest Everson of Fairbanks. He walked away from the center on August 4th, 2015. Everson has an outstanding […]
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has acquired a sacred Chilkat robe from an ebay seller, who willingly took a loss on the transaction so the piece could be repatriated to the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian. Staff moved quickly to raise funds and negotiate a lower price than the top bid with the seller, George Blucker, who […]
The suspect, who was the subject of a Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) operation in Fairbanks on Tuesday after taking troopers on a short car chase before crashing into a ditch and taking flight on foot, has been identified by troopers. In Wednesday, troopers identified the suspect as 28-year-old Ryan R. Portlock of Anchorage. They […]