Residents throughout south-central Alaska were jolted from their sleep with a huge jolt at 1:30 am that lasted for 30-45 seconds. The quake was initially reported as not one, but two shakers, generated within three seconds of each other and five miles apart. The reported 6.4 and 7.1 quakes, later reported by the USGS as a […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they have apprehended an Anchor Point man who “was a person of interest in several recent crimes in the Homer area.” Homer police had issued a request to the public for information of his whereabouts earlier in the day. Troopers responded to a possible sighting of 29-year-old Anchor Point man, […]
The husband of Linda Skeek, Thomas Skeek was arraigned on charges of Murder I, Murder II, and Tampering with Physical Evidence in an Anchorage courtroom on Thursday. Shortly after interviewing witnesses and investigating other records such as bank accounts, phones and media online, search warrants were requested and granted to search the Skeek home and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in December, essentially unchanged from November’s 6.4 percent. The comparable national rate was 5.0 percent. Alaska’s seasonally adjusted rate showed no clear trend in 2015, consistent with other economic indicators that suggest last year’s economy was relatively flat. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 6.6 percent […]