ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard located a man and woman reported overdue aboard a 34-foot cabin cruiser approximately 36 miles southwest of Juneau in Freshwater Bay Sunday morning. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty located the two residents of Hoonah aboard the Surprise in Freshwater Bay. Both were safe and reported no […]
A Wasilla homeowner thwarted the theft of a vehicle from his driveweay on Monday according to the trooper dispatch. Troopers responded to the scene near mile 4 of Fairview Loop at 7:26 pm on Monday evening to find that the homeowner had blocked his driveway to keep two car thieves from stealing a 2000 Pontiac […]
The Eagle River stand-off between Anchorage police and an armed suspect ended successfully on Monday afternoon, when the suspect, 27-year-old Kyle William Smith gave himself up following the deployment of gas into the dwelling. Police responded to a call reporting that a man was threatening others with a gun at the 15200 block of Husky […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]