WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two leaded bronze artifacts found in northwestern Alaska are the first evidence that metal from Asia reached prehistoric North America prior to contact with Europeans, according to new Purdue University research. “This is not a surprise based on oral history and other archaeological finds, and it was just a matter of […]
Anchor Point Troopers arrested a suspect in a Sexual Abuse of a Minor case that was reported in late January concerning a Fairbanks juvenile that was staying with family friends in Homer during that time, troopers reported in the trooper dispatch. During the investigation by Anchor Point State Troopers and the Fairbanks unit of the […]
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) announced Thursday the appointment of Keith M. Meyer as its new President. The appointment was made at a meeting of the corporation’s board of directors held in Anchorage. Thursday’s announcement is the culmination of an extensive five month national search initiated in December following the resignation of Dan Fauske. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued six hunters from two 22-foot skiffs approximately four miles north of Singeak early Wednesday morning. An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted three boaters from one skiff cut off from open water by ice. The aircrew then picked up the other three hunters from land and transported […]