JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker signed SB 23, a life-saving measure preventing opioid overdose in Alaska, into law this week. Sponsored by Senator Johnny Ellis of Anchorage and co-sponsored by 37 other legislators, the bill removes civil liabilities from doctors and trained bystanders who prescribe and administer naloxone, a drug intended to counteract the negative […]
Alaska State Troopers report success in the search for the missing snow-machiner that was reported overdue during the early morning hours of Wednesday. Troopers, cooperating with the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue, initiated a search for a 54-year-old Brooklyn resident, Glenn Thomas, at 2:40 AM on Wednesday morning. He had been reported overdue on […]
LOS ALAMOS, N.M.—A new study of permafrost has found that the ice wedges forming the prevalent honeycomb pattern across the tundra appear to be melting rapidly across the Arctic, changing the hydrology of the region and accelerating the release of greenhouse gases with major implications for global warming. While the gradual warming of permafrost has […]
On Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers reported the death of a 66-year-old Healy man who had gone out on a wood cutting expedition on Friday afternoon and never returned. AST received a report at approximately 1 AM on Saturday morning reporting that Beryl James Palmer of Healy, ” was overdue from retrieving firewood near his residence.” […]