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 […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Kodiak Police Department and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rescued a man from a vessel adrift near Anton Larsen Bay near Kodiak Sunday.The crew of the NOAA research vessel Rainer safely towed the man and his 20-foot fishing vessel to Anton Larsen Bay after it was determined the boat was […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, Army Corps of Engineers and Anchorage Fire Department rescued three people from a sinking vessel near Fire Island in Cook Inlet near Anchorage Saturday. The crew of Anchorage Fire Department Boat 1 pulled the three passengers of the 16-foot river boat from the water and took them […]