After Alaska Wildlife Troopers in McGrath were notified of a overdue snow-machiner by concerned family members in McGrath on Thursday, it prompted an aerial search in the Department of Public Safety Cessna for an Anchorage man. That aerial search has been met thus far with limited success. According to the report, between 7 pm and 9 […]
In the first indictment in the state that alleges the presence of a nationally recognized street gang, a 25-count indictment was unsealed, alleging 12 defendants of a local gang “engaged in drug trafficking, firearms possession, and Money Laundering,” the Justice Department reported. That local Fairview gang, “Fairview MOB,” is alleged to be affiliated with the Campanella […]
From space, the Nogahabara Dunes are a splotch of blond sand about six miles in diameter surrounded by green boreal forest. Located west of the Koyukuk River, the dunes are the site of an uncommon discovery. In 2001, biologists for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were walking the dunes when they noticed the sand […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker unveiled the New Sustainable Alaska Plan, the administration’s blueprint for the state’s economic future, and the budget for fiscal year 2017. The New Sustainable Alaska Plan retools how government powers the state economy through continued spending cuts, wealth management, new revenue and investment. “This is a major paradigm shift in how the […]