APD is seeking two suspects in an early Thursday morning shooting of a homeowner on the 11000-block of Regency Drive in Eagle River, that department stated. Police were called out to a report of a shooting at that location at 3:30 am, after a resident confronted a suspected prowler, described as a white adult male, […]
Following the autopsy of a Wasilla woman that died on New Years Day at Big Lake, the case has been deemed a homicide Alaska State Troopers divulged on Tuesday. Trooper and Emergency Medical Services responded to Big Lake early New Years Day at 4:54 am, to find the woman, now identified as 37-year-old Amy Smith […]
Within the next two decades, scientists estimate that the Arctic Ocean will be free of multi-year ice in the summer. The thawing of Arctic Ocean ice during summer months will lead to increased maritime transportation and tourism. It will also lead to increased oil and gas exploration as access to Arctic sea floors grows easier—the […]
Genetic analysis of ancient DNA from a 6-week-old infant found at an Interior Alaska archaeological site has revealed a previously unknown population of ancient people in North America. The findings, published in the Jan. 3 edition of the journal Nature, represent a major shift in scientists’ theories about how humans populated North America. The researchers have […]