ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Trump administration Tuesday took a major step toward opening Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve — the largest roadless area in the United States — to new, industrial-scale oil development. The project threatens polar bears, caribou and migratory birds that live and travel through the ecologically rich reserve. The Bureau of Land Management announced it would prepare […]
Alaska State Troopers are urging hikers and explorers that venture out into the backcountry to be adequately prepared with survival gear, food and water, and to be aware of the weather conditions before setting out after a search and rescue incident on Monday. Troopers received a call reporting that the caller’s son was lost in […]
On Tuesday the Anchorage Police Department reported that they had opened an investigation of an Anchorage woman on Saturday night that resulted in charges that include robbery after a fraudulent transaction at a Walmart store. According to the APD report, police responded to the Walmart on the old Seward Highway at 9:23 PM in reference […]
A Kwethluk man was charged and jailed at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center after dragging his bound daughter behind an ATV in that community on Friday. AST reports that they were alerted to the incident at 1:15 pm on Friday. According to the report, 54-year-old Varlaam Jackson bound his 16-year-old daughter and drug her behind his ATV in […]