Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change. Many scientists have suspected that the trend now underway is a combination of global warming and natural climate variability. A new study finds that a substantial chunk of summer sea ice loss in recent decades was due […]
Troopers responded to a report of a REDDI vehicle on Hyer Road in Wasilla after receiving several 911 calls on March 6th, troopers said on Sunday. When troopers arrived at the scene, they found the driver of the vehicle, 26-year-old Wasilla resident, Joshua Beasley, asleep at the wheel at a stop light. The ensuing trooper […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is selling the M/V Taku through a sealed bid sale. The minimum bid price is $1.5 million and interested bidders must have a bid bond of $5,000. The complete bid package is available on the state’s Online Public Notice website. ADOT&PF is selling the vessel “As […]
With dogs’ breath fogging the 30-below zero air at their knees, 71 Iditarod mushers steamed their way down the frozen Chena River in Fairbanks on March 6. Upstream, just a few miles behind them, 500 ducks were surviving in a one-mile stretch of open water. You might think the mallards that did not migrate […]