An attempted traffic stop by Dillingham-based Alaska State Troopers turned into a car and foot chase in the small, southwestern community of Dillingham on Halloween night. Troopers attempted to pull over a yellow 2004 Chevy pick up for “littering and weaving” in the roadway lane at 8:47 pm on October 31st but the driver failed […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—The Alaska minimum wage will increase from $9.84 to $9.89 in 2019. Voters passed a ballot initiative in 2014 to raise the minimum wage by one dollar in both 2015 and 2016, and thereafter required the rate to be adjusted annually for inflation. Alaska Statute 23.10.065(a) requires the Alaska minimum wage to be adjusted […]
Scientists and local volunteers have detected a new invasive species in the waters of Southeast Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant’s Gary Freitag, Marine Advisory agent in Ketchikan, is a member of the scientific team that discovered Bugula neritina, an invertebrate filter feeder also referred to as a branching bryozoan. These tiny organisms form colonies and are […]
While the death of a Spring Creek inmate is not the result of foul play, the investigation is continuing to uncover the details. Staff members of the Spring Creek Correctional Center notified the Alaska State Troopers of the death of 27-year-old Doran Jenning of Bethel on Friday. Correctional officers say that his death likely occurred […]