Two things happened on top of the world this week. In Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), on Jan. 22 the sun topped the horizon for the first time since mid-November. The day before that, Jan. 21, was the first time since Halloween the town’s thermometers recorded a below-normal daily average air temperature. The returning daylight for the […]
At noon on Friday, the Palmer Criminal Suppression Unit initiated a retail theft interdiction at the Wasilla Fred Meyers in response to the increasing level of property-based criminal activity. The Unit conducted its operation with the cooperation and assistance of the Fred Meyer Asset Protection Unit, the Wasilla Police Department, Palmer Judicial Services, SCIU and […]
A half an hour into Saturday morning a trooper in Fairbanks responded to a vehicle in the ditch on Sundance Loop for possible assistance. AST at the location observed a Subaru in the ditch and the driver of a 2000 Land Rover lending assistance. Troopers contacted the driver of the 2001 Subaru Sedan and identified him […]
Juneau, AK (January 26, 2018) – Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s (Tlingit & Haida) Annual Spring King Salmon Derby has been cancelled for the second consecutive year as Southeast Alaska’s king salmon stocks continue to struggle. The derby closure notice follows the Board of Fisheries announcement of an “action plan” that […]