A new study finds that, contrary to previous assumptions, the Arctic tundra releases at least as much methane during its cold season as it does during summer. The amount of methane gas escaping from the ground during the long cold period in the Arctic each year and entering Earth’s atmosphere is likely much higher than […]
At 7:13 pm on New Years Eve, Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla performed a traffic stop on a 2002 Saturn sedan for equipment violations on Copper Creek Road. During the traffic stop, the trooper observed a passenger in the vehicle attempting to ingest drug paraphernalia. When the trooper ordered the passenger, identified as 27-year-old Geoffery […]
The Pilot Station School in Pilot Station, approximately 80 miles from the Bering Sea on the northern banks of the Yukon River, was the scene of a very damaging break-in and burglary over the weekend where thousands of dollars of damage was done to the rural school. The principle of the school called in to […]
Anchorage, AK—In the dead of winter, the arrival of spring and the return of Alaska’s migratory birds seem like a long time off. But don’t despair; a colorful reminder of our departed feathered friends, the 2016 Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar, will soon be available for free at 13 participating U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices […]