ANCHORAGE— The Trump administration on Thursday took a major step toward opening up America’s largest roadless area — Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve — for new, industrial-scale oil development. The project threatens important habitat for several species that live on the Arctic Coastal Plain, including polar bears, caribou and migratory birds. Today’s draft review from the […]
SAN FRANCISCO— Scientists at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center confirmed today that this winter’s Arctic maximum sea ice extent was the second-lowest ever recorded. The announcement comes months after the Trump administration blocked endangered species protection for the ice-dependent Pacific walrus. “This is devastating news for Arctic wildlife like polar bears and walruses that […]
Investigators are searching for additional witnesses and have released the identity of the fatal hit-and-run victim in the Sunday night Commercial/Mountain View incident. The victim, 65-year-old Alfred Komok was hit while walking along Commercial/Mountain View Drive with another person, who has yet to be identified by APD, at approximately 10:30 pm on Sunday night, when he was struck by […]
(Bethel, AK) John Paul Donald Douglas was sentenced Tuesday in Bethel to ten years imprisonment with six years suspended and four years to serve after pleading guilty to a consolidated count of possession of child pornography. On May 8, 2017 investigators with the Technical Crimes Unit of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation were conducting a […]