Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced a Wasilla man to 12 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for reciept of child pornography on Monday while saying the files he downloaded “depicted serious, disturbing, heinous violations that [the] children in the videos suffered,” Judge Burgess pointed out as bad as those videos were, […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of the 2015 international agreement aimed at restraining Iran’s nuclear program, contending that it is a “disastrous” pact that won’t keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and endangering the world. The U.S. leader said he is reimposing the “highest levels of economic sanctions” on Iran. […]
The Alutiiq Museum has received a $25,000 grant from Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation to support the development of the Alutiiq Ancestors’ Memorial, a new public park in downtown Kodiak. The project is a collaboration between the City of Kodiak and the museum designed to honor Kodiak’s first people and promote awareness of local history. “We are […]
NOAA’s National Weather Service is tapping technology to automate weather balloon launches in Alaska, a move that will allow staff to improve public service across the state while saving federal tax dollars. Weather balloons, used by the National Weather Service for the past 80 years, are filled with hydrogen or helium and ascend 22 miles […]