Sitka Police received a report of a nuisance Brown Bear at a home in Halibut Point on Tuesday. Police, ADF&G, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene. Their investigation found that the bear had damaged the property as it tried to gain access to the inside of the home through a window. Further investigation […]
Vic Kohring, the former state legislator who pleaded guilty to a federal felony for accepting bribes in 2011, has now decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming election. It was in 2007 that Kohring was convicted by jury on corruption, bribery and extortion charges, he was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for […]
A settlement has been made between the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the U.S. Department of Agriculture after USDA accused UAF in mid-April of possible Animal Welfare Act violations and a failure to provide adequate veterinary care in the starvation deaths of 12 musk oxen at the large-animal research station. The animals either died or were […]
On Tuesday afternoon, in the community of Aleknagik, a commercial flatbed, carrying a load of lumber and mixed concrete overturned while traveling at mile 14 of the Aleknagik Lake Road, trapping the driver inside the vehicle. The Alaska State Troopers, the Dillingham Fire Department, the Aleknagik Volunteer Fire Department and Commercial Vehicle ENforcement responded to […]