At 11:43 pm on Friday night, Alaska State Troopers conducted a routine traffic stop on a gray 1997 Jeep Cherokee for numerous equipment violations trooper dispatch reported this morning. Once stopped and contacted, troopers would find that the driver of the vehicle, 22-year-old Justin Sims, did not have a valid driver’s license. A further investigation […]
A glaciologist once wrote that the number of glaciers in Alaska “is estimated at (greater than) 100,000.” That fuzzy number, perhaps written in passive voice for a reason, might be correct. But it depends upon how you count. Another glaciologist saw an example of the confusion when he visited Yakutat Glacier. Yakutat, near the Alaska […]
An indictment against 42-year-old Jonathan H. Smith of Carpenter Labor Union 2247 in Juneau was handed down by a Grand Jury and he was arraigned on charges of Embezzlement on Thursday according to the Justice Department. Smith is accused of embezzling $40,000 from the union’s coffers while acting as Financial Secretary for the union. The […]
A Florida man who has been a long-time fugitive from that state, since 1991, was apprehended in Alaska during the early morning hours of Friday according to the Department of Justice. Houston/Eagle River man, going under the name Michael Camp was arrested by an FBI tactical team at the suspect’s residence in Eagle River […]