JUNEAU – Saturday, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can sever ties with the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest of the child. In 1987, the Legislature passed […]
Millions of Alaska birds nest on rocky emerald islands seen by few people other than ship captains. One of the funkiest of these creatures is the crested auklet, which looks like a bassist in a punk band and smells like a tangerine. These hand-size birds have intrigued Hector Douglas for years. He just wrote a […]
An 83-year-old Hydaburg resident called into Alaska State Troopers at 5:30 AM on Thursday morning to report that “an unknown male entered his residence and demanded his wallet,” the trooper Dispatch reported. The victim told troopers that the unknown male was armed with a crowbar. The incident ended with the suspect leaving with the homeowner’s cell phone […]
Alaska State Troopers received an SOS notification from a Garmin InReach Device requesting emergency assistance for 2 hunters and their guide to the Alaska Range southeast of Nikolai on Tuesday morning citing extreme weather. According to the report, the trio had been weathered in above the tree line for three days in inclement weather, with winds in excess […]