A Wasilla man was arrested on firearm and alcohol charges after an incident on Dragonfly Hollow Drive on Thursday afternoon. Troopers received a call from a residence in Talkeetna at 4:18 pm reporting an intoxicated man brandishing a firearm outside the home. They responded to the residence and arrested 33-year-old Joseph Garner Jr of Wasilla […]
A dive tender working on a landing craft operating as a mining dredge in northwest Alaska contacted the Alaska State Troopers in Nome to report an unresponsive diver operating off the rig late Wednesday night. It was late Wednesday at 10:41 pm that troopers in Nome were notified by the dredge “Argo” that was operating […]
From research stations drifting on ice floes to high-tech aircraft radar, scientists have been tracking the depth of snow that accumulates on Arctic sea ice for almost a century. Now that people are more concerned than ever about what is happening at the poles, research led by the University of Washington and NASA confirms that […]
The year is 1905. You are a prospector in Alaska relaxing in your cabin after a chilly day of working the tailings pile. Craving a cup, you pull a tin of coffee off the shelf. Though you can’t imagine it, that distinctive red can, the one you will later use for your precious supply of […]