Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) today welcomed the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board’s unanimous adoption of “Erin’s Policy.” The measure directs the district to teach students techniques for recognizing and reporting sexual abuse, and train teachers and staff to recognize signs of abuse and how to respond to them. The Board approved the policy at […]
Alaska State Troopers are asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since he ran away from his North Pole home on June 29. Efforts by family and troopers to find Richard Wellfort since then have been unsuccessful. No one has reportedly seen Wellfort nor had any known communication […]
Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell announced Tuesday that work will begin early this fall to prepare to restore wood bison to the Alaskan landscape in spring 2015. Wood bison were last seen roaming wild in Alaska more than 100 years ago. The Department of Fish and Game will release 50-100 bison in the Lower […]
Charges are pending in a vehicle accident with injuries near mile 165 of the Sterling Highway early Monday morning. Anchor Point Troopers responded to the scene of a rollover with possible injuries on the Sterling early Monday to find the driver pinned under the vehicle. Anchor Point EMS were called and responded to the scene […]