Ships with no humans aboard have long ridden the seas, often floating with supernatural stories of being piloted by dead crew members or becoming visible to sailors and then vanishing. Alaska has its own ghost ship. Workers for the Hudson Bay Company abandoned the S.S. Baychimo just offshore of Wainwright 85 years ago. Sea ice […]
Juneau – Thursday, a Superior Court judge invalidated the Alaska Legislature’s expensive no-bid lease for the Anchorage Legislative Information Office. Alaska Independent Democratic Coalition (AIDC) Leader Rep. Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage) praised today’s ruling. “The judge’s decision demonstrates the importance of following the established procurement rules and doing the state’s business in the open rather than […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill by Rep. Dave Talerico to clarify state laws governing use of state navigable waters to better protect an individual’s rights to use State submerged lands, and remove ambiguity over federal encroachment. House Bill 216 adds certain activities to the list of those deemed […]
Troopers arrested a Kwethluk juvenile on charges of Arson II, Criminal Mischief III and Assault IV (DV) after a Tuesday incident in that community, troopers revealed. A report of Arson was phoned in to Bethel-based troopers from the community of Kwethluk at 9:25 pm on Tuesday. Troopers responded to the scene the following morning to […]