JUNEAU, Alaska—Employment in Alaska increased by 2,591 jobs, or 0.8 percent, in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. Average monthly employment from January through June was 335,330. Employers paid $9.0 billion in wages during the first six months of 2015, a 2.1 percent increase from the same period in […]
The Juneau police investigation into the death of that community’s newly elected Mayor, Greg Fisk has not determined the cause of death in the Monday afternoon incident. Alerted to the Mayor’s death by a 3:34 pm 911 call made by Mayor Fisk’s adult son, Ian Fisk, police responded to Fisk’s downtown residence on Kennedy Street […]
(BETHEL, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers Bethel Patrol is adjusting the way it responds to significant violent crimes in Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta posts. The Violent Offenders Unit (VOU) comprised of a patrol sergeant and two patrol troopers, pulled from the Bethel Patrol post, will provide dedicated intensive and focused investigations into violent crimes, to […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE-ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska – Modern Army Combatives trainers here are putting select soldiers from both JBER and Fort Wainwright through their paces this week to select a team to represent U.S. Army Alaska in a Lower 48 tournament next month. Fourteen fighters, two in each of seven weight classes, will […]